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Hey all.
I want to know the total number of entries a certain weblog:entries tag returns, including those across other pages.

It’s probably a variable I’m missing but I know of these so far.
{count} - gets me the current iteration of the weblog:entries loop, and is unique to each page of results.
{total_results} - gets me the total count of entries displayed, per page.
{absolute_count} - gets me the iteration of this entry, across all pages…

And then I need a variable to get me the total number of entries found across all pages.
But either I’m blind, or it doesn’t exist?

Help?!?

For the total number of entries in a certain weblog then you can just use the {total_results} variable in this way :

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site" disable="member_data|trackbacks|categories|category_fields|pagination"}
{if count == 1}
{total_results} entries exist in this weblog
{/if}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

As for across other pages I’m not sure I get what you mean. If you want to know how many are on the page you are on then that would be the same as whatever you have the limit=”“ parameter set to in your weblog tag (if indeed you do have it set).

The total of all entries in the weblog across other pages would then just be whatever {total_results} is minus whatever you had the limit=”“ parameter set to.

Hope that helps?

Best wishes,

Mark

So you’re wanting something like an {absolute_results} variable?

Bingo.

If a weblog:entries tag returned 45 results across 5 pages of 10 results, this value would = 45 every time, on all pages.
{absolute_count} would change to be the number out of 45 that this entry is (sorted and ordered as specified)
{total_results} would be 10 on every page (except the last one)
{count} would be the current index.
{absolute_results} would be 45 everywhere.

Thanks!

Sounds reasonable enough!

AJP: Did you need the total number of entries across all pages for that weblog entries tag; or just in that weblog?  If the latter, the exp;stats tag should be able to help you.  I just wasn’t sure which you wanted… =)

For that weblog entries tag, as I’d probably be using the search: parameter, or a category to filter the entries down.

Thanks for the thought though.

I’m on a quest for the same function. I found this plugin, but it seems to provide the wrong count for certain weblogs. And for many of my weblogs, it displays a count of 0.
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/82484/

I think the general principle is the same, but I would love to find a way to get an {absolute_count} of the number of entries in a given weblog (and, if possible, even be able to narrow that down to a count of entries in specified categories within that weblog.)

{absolute_count category="{##|##}”}

@SCETV: I wouldn’t think you’d need a category parameter, since this variable will exist inside a weblog:entries tag.
If you need it for a specific category, you’d pass that category as a parameter to the weblog:entries tag (with one, many, not one, or not many).

LOL, good point. I did just try the exp:stats and that works well for non-category entry counts. Though strangely, it reports “0” for some of my weblogs. It gets most of them spot on, but a few of them it just spits out “0” - kinda odd.