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Answer 1

+8 A:

Paolo 2010-02-11 10:37:27

+1 Ahh yes, the Rainman approach. Functions .. toothpicks, cards, what's the difference? :)

Tim Post 2010-02-11 10:39:56

5701 on that page

Robin 2010-02-11 10:40:09

5701 is the correct answer

coderex 2010-02-11 10:46:22

Answer 2

+1 A:

http://php.net/quickref.php shows a total of 5368 functions.

alexn 2010-02-11 10:39:52

I get 5701 just like Robin - you must be missing a few! ;)

meouw 2010-02-11 10:47:15

I swear, i counted like three times.

alexn 2010-02-11 12:09:26

Answer 3

+3 A:

Six. Definitely Six.

Tim Post 2010-02-11 10:43:06

Wrong! The correct answer is 42.

Gordon 2010-02-11 10:43:54

but there are 7 ways to do everything in PHP -> 42/7 = 6

meouw 2010-02-11 10:49:07

Answer 4

+7 A:

You could use a core function to count the number of functions available in the core and installed extensions:

$funcs = get_defined_functions();
echo count($funcs['internal']);

GZipp 2010-02-11 12:05:11

+1 This is my favourite and completely version-independent.

Pekka 2010-02-11 12:06:51

Total number of built-in functions in php?