count occurrences of number in an array?

[viveleroi0]

How would I count the number of times a specific number occurrs in an array?

I know how to see if it's in the array, I just need to know how many times.

[bubblenut]

[man]array_count_values()[/man]
or to more specifically answer your request.

function array_count_this_value($array, $value) {
  $values=array_count_values($array);
  return $values[$value];
}

[drawmack]

You could also use a little recursion and some self counting like this:

<?php
function howMany($needle,$haystack) {
    $exists = array_search($needle,$haystack); 
    //if the desired element exists in the array
    if ($exists !== FALSE) 
        //return 1 and call the function again with the array after the 
        //first occurance of needle
        return 1 + howMany($needle,array_slice($haystack,($exists+1)));

//if the element does not exist return 0;
return 0;
} //end howMany
?>