PHP count JSON array

Question

I have searched SO but couldn\'t find an answer.My PHP script is receiving some JSON by http post that looks like this:

{
\"task\": [
{
  \"task_id\": \"3\",         


        

Answer 1

Try echo count($task_array['task']);

In general, if you wonder what the structure of the value of a variable $var is, do a

Advantage of this function over alternatives such as serialize and print_r is, that it prints PHP code (and is thus readable by anyone who understands PHP (which is likely if you program in PHP)). Disadvantage of var_export is, that it cannot handle circular structures (e.g. if $a->b == $a), but neither can JSON.