getBlockCount()

Get details about the number of blocks in the chosen blockchain, including information about the last block or its height.

Method Signature

public function getBlockCount($blockchain)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
blockchain	string	Blockchain address in hex

Example

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use CircularProtocol\Api\CircularProtocolAPI;

$circular = new CircularProtocolAPI();
$blockchain = "0x8a20baa40c45dc5055aeb26197c203e576ef389d9acb171bd62da11dc5ad72b2";

$result = $circular->getBlockCount($blockchain);

Result

The result will be of type Array, but for easier readability, here is the equivalent in JSON.

200

{
    "Result": 200,
    "Response": {
        "BlockCount": 4554
    },
    "Node": "02fc8b01bfc5dc2911941871e6de81f5f6fe60f3961343f802ad78e7e077ea32"
}

118

Wrong blockchain address:

{
    "Result": 118,
    "Response": "Wrong Format",
    "Node": "7bb5bd50729d6857942701d5673ea70ca1625f883230d8543970a452d1abe1c4"
}