Count the number of posts displayed on a page

So… you just want to count them? Like display the number?

<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
<?php echo $count; ?>
layout of template file here
<?php $count++;
      endwhile; endif; ?>

that should echo the count for each post on the page, starting with “1”.

Actually I want to count the number of post on the page so if this number is bigger than 3 (for example), I won’t show a text (a title for instance).

To be more specific. I set up on the admin that I want to display 3 post on a page (index for example). Then I have a navigation like next_post_link() and a title that go with like “navigate”. If there is 3 or less post on the page I want to be able to hide this text so it won’t look: the title and then nothing to clic after.

Hope i am clear. Thanks for your help and this beginning of answer ??

Ah – so you want to do something *with* that count then ?? Well, that’s pretty simple. It still uses the above code – but instead of echoing out the $count, then do what it is you need to do using $count as a flag.

<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
layout of regular template file here
<?php $count++;
      endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php if ($count > '3') { ?>
show the link and title here (because it's more than 3)
<?php } ?>

That *might* work. Untested – you might have to play with it a little.

@doodlebee,
You has shown a solution. But actually we want to know is there a way to print the number of post per page in a particular category so that we can use this information to perform complex calculation.
If this information is available many loops can be manipulated and created easily.

What about:

<?php
echo 'Count of posts array ' . count($posts);
?>

This may also help..

<?php
if($wp_query->found_posts <= get_option('posts_per_page') && (!get_query_var('paged') || get_query_var('paged') < 2)) {
 // If the total amount of posts in the query is "less than" or "equal to" the amount to show per page and it's the first page
}
else {
 // Else there's more results on additional pages
}
?>

As alternative.. ??

@michaelh
Worked like charm buddy.
Thanks a lot

<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
layout of regular template file here
<?php $count++;
      endwhile; endif; ?>

<?php if((preg_match('/\/2\//',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))) {
 $count = 51;
} elseif((preg_match('/\/3\//',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))) {
 $count = 101;
} else {
 $count = 1;
} ?>

Can anyone tell me how to tell this to keep track of the count once it hits page 2,3,etc..? Looking around, I was able to find this but it doesn’t work..