mhash_count()

mhash_count() — Gets the highest available hash ID.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

The PHP manual marks this function as deprecated (since PHP 8.1): do not use it in new code.

Signature

mhash_count(): int

Parameters

This function takes no parameters.

Return value

Returns the highest available hash ID. Hashes are numbered from 0 to this hash ID.

Example

A runnable snippet:

$nr = mhash_count(); for ($i = 0; $i <= $nr; $i++) { echo sprintf("The blocksize of %s is %d\n", mhash_get_hash_name($i), mhash_get_block_size($i)); }

Changelog

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page mhash_count() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.