* Thus wrote CF High ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hey all.
>
> Another simple, yet baffling for me, question:
>
> I have a comma delimited list of numbers; e.g. $num_list = "1,2,3,4"
>
> I split the number list to array -- $num_list_array = split("," $num_list)
>
> I then count the number of elements -- $count = count($num_list_array);
>
> I do not get 4 for $count, rather 1!
>
> I can't stand coming up with cludgy workarounds just to count the number of
> elements in a numerical list.....
So you just want to count how many digits their are?
$num_list = "1,2,3,4";
$count = substr_count($num_list, ",") + 1;
http://php.net/substr_count
No sense of all the extra work in putting it into an array.
HTH,
Curt
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