PHP - count specific array values, multiple values - php

Question

How do you count the occurrence of more than one value in an array?
I found below on stackoverflow,
$array = array("Kyle","Ben","Sue","Phil","Ben","Mary","Sue","Ben");
$counts = array_count_values($array);
echo $counts['Ben'];
I have used this, but I can't get it to work and there must be a more elegant way,
$array = array("Kyle","Ben","Sue","Phil","Ben","Mary","Sue","Mary","Ben");
$counts = array_count_values($array);
$1 = $counts['Ben'];
$2 = $counts['Phil'];
$3 = $counts['Mary'];
echo $1+$2+$3;

Answer 1

// change your code to this
$array = array("Kyle","Ben","Sue","Phil","Ben","Mary","Sue","Mary","Ben");
$counts = array_count_values($array);
$one = $counts['Ben']; // 3
$two = $counts['Phil']; // 1
$three = $counts['Mary']; // 2
echo $one + $two + $three; // 6
// because of this :)
$var = 'Bob';
$Var = 'Joe';
echo "$var, $Var"; // outputs "Bob, Joe"
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$_4site = 'not yet'; // valid; starts with an underscore
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$bar = &$foo; // This is a valid assignment.
$bar = &(24 * 7); // Invalid; references an unnamed expression.
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Answer 2

if you want count occurance without using array_count_values() functions then use this code
$array = array("Kyle","Ben","Sue","Phil","Ben","Mary","Sue","Ben");
$len = sizeof($array);
$i = 0;
$occurance = 0;
while( $i < $len )
{
if($array[$i] == 'Ben')
{
$occurance++;
}
$i++;
}
echo 'number of occurance of Ben ='.$occurance;