Gets the highest available hash ID

# mhash_count

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mhash_count — Gets the highest available hash ID

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 8.1.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.

### Description

#[\Deprecated]
mhash_count(): int

Gets the highest available hash ID.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

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

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
8.1.0 | This function has been deprecated. Use the `hash_*()` functions instead.

### Examples

Example #1 Traversing all hashes

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