Posted by Justin Francis on 10/05/64 11:25

Stut wrote:

> Justin Francis wrote:
>
>> I have not been able to get count() to be called when I pass my
>> Countable class to the count function. I am using PHP 5.1 Release
>> Candidate 1. I am not sure if it is a bug, so I am posting here to
>> see if anyone can help.
>> --------------------------
>> class Collection implements Countable
>> {
>> public function count()
>> {
>> return 200;
>> } }
>>
>> $c = new Collection();
>> echo(count($c));
>> ----------------------------
>> This code prints 1 out with no errors, when it should print out 200.
>
>
> Should it not be $c->count() ?
>
> -Stut

No. By implementing the Countable interface, and implementing the
count() method, the global count($c) function is supposed to call
$c->count(). This is so the object can be treated like a countable array
in the same manner.

- Justin

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