$pages->count() method

Count and return how many pages will match the given selector.

If no selector provided, it returns count of all pages in site.

Example

// Return count of how may pages in the site use the blog-post template
$numBlogPosts = $pages->count("template=blog-post");

Usage

// basic usage
$int = $pages->count();

// usage with all arguments
$int = $pages->count($selector = '', $options = []);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
selector (optional)string, array, Selectors

Specify selector, or omit to retrieve a site-wide count.

options (optional)array, string

See $options for $pages->find().

Return value

int

See Also


$pages methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.214

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