The count method will return the number of elements contained within the collection's inner array; it is synonymous with PHP's count function.

#Signature

1public function count();

#Example Use

The count method is a straightforward method and simply returns the total number of items in the collection. The count method returns an integer.

1use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
2 
3// Create a new collection instance.
4$collection = new Collection([
5    'first', 'second', 'third'
6]);
7 
8// 3
9$collection->count();

It should also be noted that this method exists to implement PHP's Countable interface. This means that PHP's count function can be invoked on a collection instance:

1// Create a new collection instance.
2$collection = collect([
3    'first', 'second', 'third'
4]);
5 
6// 3
7$count = count($collection);

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