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<refentry xml:id="function.iterator-count" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>iterator_count</refname>
  <refpurpose>Count the elements in an iterator</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>iterator_count</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>Traversable</type><parameter>iterator</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Count the elements in an iterator.
   <function>iterator_count</function> is not guaranteed to retain the current
   position of the <parameter>iterator</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>iterator</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The iterator being counted.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The number of elements in <parameter>iterator</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>iterator_count</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$iterator = new ArrayIterator(array('recipe'=>'pancakes', 'egg', 'milk', 'flour'));
var_dump(iterator_count($iterator));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(4)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
   <example>
    <title><function>iterator_count</function> modifies position</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$iterator = new ArrayIterator(['one', 'two', 'three']);
var_dump($iterator->current());
var_dump(iterator_count($iterator));
var_dump($iterator->current());
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
string(3) "one"
int(3)
NULL
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
   <example>
    <title><function>iterator_count</function> in &foreach; loops</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$iterator = new ArrayIterator(['one', 'two', 'three']);
foreach ($iterator as $key => $value) {
    echo "$key: $value (", iterator_count($iterator), ")\n";
}?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
0: one (3)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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