Using find with -exec {}, is there a way to count the total?

Question

I am using a command similar to this one:

find . -name \"*.php\" -exec chmod 755 {} \\;

Although, I am not using chmod, I am using a differ

Answer 1

This works:

$ find . -name "*.php" -exec chmod 755 {} \; -exec /bin/echo {} \; | wc -l

You have to include a second -exec /bin/echo for this to work. If the find command has no output, then wc has no input to count lines for.