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Request #11604 count() error codes
Submitted: 2001-06-21 11:17 UTC Modified: 2001-06-22 18:17 UTC
From: vroemisse at home dot nl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.0.5 OS: Linux/any
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 [2001-06-21 11:17 UTC] vroemisse at home dot nl 
count($var) can return 0 if $var is not set and 1 if $var is not an array. 

In my view these overlap with proper return values - I can have an empty array and I can have an array with only 1 element. Actually, I often do.

Please make count($var) return -1 and -2 in these cases so I can reliably determine what's the situation with $var.

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 [2001-06-22 18:17 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
you should use is_array() for argument type checking
*before* calling count() or sizeof()
 
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