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Contents 1 carma_count 1.1 Parameters 1.2 Example 1 1.3 Output 1 1.4 Example 2 1.5 Output 2

carma_count

Prints how many content sets, categories, locations, groups, or actors match a search.

Parameters

(Required parameters in bold)

Parameter	Description	Possible Values	Default Value	Example
count_type	The thing to count	content, categories, locations, groups, actors	None.	count_type="actors"
type	Type of content to get	gal or video	None.	type="video"
category	Get just the categories in this list	Comma-separated list of things to get	None.	category="123"
location	Get just the locations in this list	Comma-separated list of things to get	None.	location="123"
group	Get just the groups in this list	Comma-separated list of things to get	None.	group="123"
actor	Get just the actors in this list	Comma-separated list of things to get	None.	actor="123"
producer	Get just the producers in this list	Comma-separated list of things to get	None.	producer="123"
live_content	Only count live content	1	None.	live_content="1"
assign	Name of the Smarty variable that stores the output	Any valid Smarty variable name	None. Output is displayed, not stored	assign="my_var"
display_on_assign	Display comments even when the assign parameter (above) is used	1	None. If assign is used, no comments are displayed	display_on_assign=1

Example 1

{carma_count count_type=content section=1}

Output 1

Prints the number of matching content, categories, locations, groups, or actors.

Example 2

If you wanted to output the individual total content amount for your video and photo sets for sections 1,6, and 9 you could using this smarty code:

 Total Videos: {carma_count count_type=content section="1,6,9" type=video}<br>
 Total Photos: {carma_count count_type=content section="1,6,9" type=gal}<br>

Output 2

Which would print out something like

 Total Videos: 41<br>
 Total Photos: 21<br>