Outputting .relatedTo() total entries number

Question

I'm trying to get the total number of entires that match a .relatedTo() search.

{% set category = craft.categories.group('products').title(cat).first() %}
{% set entries = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category).find() %}

I have tried ...

{% set entryCount = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category).find().total() %}

But no joy. What Am I missing?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '14 at 18:38

The best way to do it depends on whether you actually want to loop through the related entries or not.

If you only want the total, and aren’t going to be looping through them, use .total():

{% set entryCount = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category).total() %}

(Note that’s just .total(), not .find().total().)

That way you’re not making Craft do any more work than what you actually need - just figuring out the total related entries.

If you do want to loop through them as well, then grab the entries normally and then figure out how many came back using Twig’s |length filter:

{% set entries = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category) %}
{% set entryCount = entries|length %}

{% for entry in entries %}
    ...
{% endfor %}

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 22 '14 at 18:39

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I found that the following works (removing the .find() from my initial attempt.)

{% set entryCount = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category).total() %}

edited Oct 22 '14 at 18:39

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answered Oct 20 '14 at 18:26

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '14 at 18:37

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What you're probably looking for is:

{% set entryCount = craft.entries.section('products').relatedTo(category).find()|length %}

answered Oct 20 '14 at 18:37

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Outputting .relatedTo() total entries number

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