Counting entries in XML file

I loaded an XML file using simpelxml. Is there a way to count how many entries there are in that file?

//my xml file
<pets>
    <breed>Bulldog</breed>
    <breed>Terrier</breed>
    <breed>Chihuahua</breed>
</pets>

Code (markup):

How do I get the number of entries in my XML file which in this case is 3? I hope to add more entries as the days go by.

 

Try this
<?
$xml= "abc.xml"; //your xml filename
$xmlDoc = new DOMDocument();
$xmlDoc->load($xml);
$product = $xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName("breed");
$numOfproducts = $product->length;
echo $numOfproducts;
?>

Regards

Alex

 

I see. How do I access the values and attributes of each?

 

if you only want to use simplexml:

$c=0;
foreach($xml->breed as $b) $c++;

PHP:

which returns $c=3

or

$c = count($xml->breed);

PHP:

which is zero-based and returns $c=2

 

Thanks juust! That really did it.