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# XML_Statistics::countAttribute()

XML_Statistics::countAttribute() -- count the occurences of an attribute

## Synopsis

    require_once 'XML/Statistics.php';

``integer XML_Statistics::countAttribute` ([string $attribute = null [, string $tagname = null]])`

## Description

Counts how often a certain attribute is used in the document. If no attribute is specified ot will count the total number of tags.

With the second parameter you may limit the search to a special tag.

## Parameter

- `string $attribute` - if no attribute name is supplied, all attributes are counted

- `string $tagname` - this allows you to limit your search to a tag

## Return value

integer occurences of the attribute

## Note

This function can not be called statically.

## See

XML_Statistics::countTag()

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