I have a multi-dimentional array set up as follows
array() { [\"type1\"] => array() { [\"ticket1\"] => array(9) {
Use Count Recursive and subtract the First level count, like this:
count($mainArr, COUNT_RECURSIVE) - count($mainArr);
If your array has +3 levels, just add [?] keys:
count($mainArr[1], COUNT_RECURSIVE) - count($mainArr[1]);