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^PharLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Phar::count

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

Phar::count — Returns the number of entries (files) in the Phar archive

Description

public function Phar::count(int $mode = COUNT_NORMAL): int

Parameters

mode

mode is an integer value specifying the counting mode to be used. By default, it is set to COUNT_NORMAL, which counts only the number of items in the archive that have not been deleted or hidden. When set to COUNT_RECURSIVE, it counts all items in the archive, including those that have been deleted or hidden.

Return Values

The number of files contained within this phar, or 0 (the number zero) if none.

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::count() example

<?php
// make sure it doesn't exist
@unlink('brandnewphar.phar');
try {
    $p = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/brandnewphar.phar', 0, 'brandnewphar.phar');
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Could not create phar:', $e;
}
echo 'The new phar has ' . $p->count() . " entries\n";
$p['file.txt'] = 'hi';
echo 'The new phar has ' . $p->count() . " entries\n";
?>

The above example will output:

The new phar has 0 entries
The new phar has 1 entries


<Phar::copyPhar::createDefaultStub>
^PharLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026