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Doc Bug #31977 count() doesnt count class members properly
Submitted: 2005-02-15 03:01 UTC Modified: 2005-03-20 11:16 UTC
From: jmarbas at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS (2005-02-22) OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2005-02-15 03:01 UTC] jmarbas at hotmail dot com
Description:
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When I try to count the number of non-static members of an object with the count() function, I always get a count of 1. The code below shows both a user defined class and the standard class(StdClass) instances with more than 1 member variable each but the count() still comes out to 1.



Reproduce code:
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  class jerry{
    public $foo='A property';
    public $bar='Another property';
  }
  $obj1 = new jerry();
  echo $obj1->foo."\n";
  echo $obj1->bar."\n";
printf("The count is %d\n",count($obj1));

  $obj = new StdClass;
  $obj->foo='A property';
  $obj->bar='Another property';
  $obj->bleh='asdf';
  echo $obj->foo."\n";
  echo $obj->bar."\n";
  echo $obj->bleh."\n";
  printf("The count is %d\n",count($obj));

Expected result:
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I expect the count() function to count all non-static member variables just like it says in the count() description on php.net

Actual result:
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The actual count() is 1 for both objects in the code pasted above.

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 [2005-02-25 15:47 UTC] tony2001@php.net
The documentation is wrong: count() should return 1 for any variable that is not an array or NULL.
 [2005-03-20 11:16 UTC] vrana@php.net
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.


 
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