Why does counting an empty string return 1?
<p><em>I realise <code>strlen</code> is the correct function to use, I'm just curious as to why this happens.</em></p>

<p>How come if PHP in I do <code>echo count("");</code>, it returns the value 1?</p>

<p><a href="https://ideone.com/h7LhnJ" rel="nofollow" title="See example">See example</a></p>

<p>I'd have expected it to return <code>0</code>, as opposed to <code>1</code>.</p>