# getBlockCount()

**Method Signature**

```php
public function getBlockCount($blockchain)
```

**Parameters**

| Name         | Type   | Description               |
| ------------ | ------ | ------------------------- |
| `blockchain` | string | Blockchain address in hex |

**Example**

```php
<?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.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="118" %}
Wrong blockchain address:

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

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}