аналог встроенной пхп функции count

counter.php

<?php
function counter(array $array,$multi = 0){
	$count = 0;
	
		foreach($array as $val){
			if($multi){
				if(is_array($val)){
					$count += counter($val,1);				
				}else{
					++$count;				
				}				
			}else{
				++$count;
			}						
		}
		
	return $count;	
}
var_dump(counter(array(1,2,array(4,5,array(8,9,10))),1));
var_dump(counter(array(1,2,array(4,5,array(8,9,10))),0));