How many elements of array are not null or empty?

Question

How do I count number of elements in an array that are not null?

For this array I should get 3:

$array = array();
$array[0] = 'foo';
$array[1] = '';
$array[2] = 'bar'; 
$array[3] = 'blabla';

How can I achieve this in PHP?

Haim Evgi · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 07:49:55Z

5

count(array_filter($myarray))

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 6:06

Haim Evgi

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user180100 · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 06:07:55Z

2

$count = 0;
foreach ($array as $k=>$v) {
    if (!empty($v)) {
        $count++;
    }
}

echo $count; // 3 with your array

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 6:07

user180100