PHP | sizeof() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP sizeof() Function.

The built-in PHP sizeof() function counts elements in an array, or the properties in an object.

If the optional mode parameter is set to COUNT_RECURSIVE (or 1), then sizeof() function will recursively count the array. This is particularly useful for counting all the elements of a multidimensional array. The stock value for mode is 0. The sizeof() function does not detect infinite recursion.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

sizeof($array, $mode );

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	array Required. Specifies an array
2	mode Optional. Specifies the mode of the function.

Return Value

This built-in function returns the number of elements in an array.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $a[0] = 1;
   $a[1] = 3;
   $a[2] = 5;
   $result = sizeof($a);
   
   print($result);
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

3

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