# ldap_count_entries

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

ldap_count_entries — Count the number of entries in a search

### Description

ldap_count_entries ( resource `$link_identifier` , resource `$result_identifier` ) : int

Returns the number of entries stored in the result of previous search operations.

### Parameters

`link_identifier`

  An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect().

`result_identifier`

  The internal LDAP result.

### Return Values

Returns number of entries in the result or `FALSE` on error.

### Examples

Example #1 ldap-count-entries() example

Retrieve number of entries in the result.

`// $ds is a valid link identifier (see ldap_connect)
$dn = 'ou=example,dc=org';
$filter = '(|(sn=Doe*)(givenname=John*))';
$justthese = array('ou', 'sn', 'givenname', 'mail');
$sr = ldap_search($ds, $dn, $filter, $justthese);
var_dump(ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr));`

The above example will output something similar to:

         int(1)