Outputting an array to multiple files?

Question

PHP

Hello, please tell me how to count the number of output lines in this array, or rather create a new array that will count and display a number in smarty?

global $db;
        $limit_str = "";
        if ($page) {
            $limit_str = " limit " . $start . ", " . $no_per_page;
        }
        $messages_array = $db->fetchAssocList("select *, " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".id as `msg_id`, " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".pending as `pending`, date_format(" . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".`date`,'" . $date_format . "') as date_nice, " . TABLE_ADS . "." . $title_var . " as `title`, " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".ip as ip from " . TABLE_MESSAGES . " left join " . TABLE_ADS . " on " . TABLE_ADS . ".id = " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".ad_id left join " . TABLE_USERS . " on " . TABLE_USERS . ".id = " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".`from` " . $where . " order by " . TABLE_MESSAGES . ".`" . $order . "` " . $order_way . $limit_str);
        $i = 0;
        foreach ($messages_array as $msg) {
            $messages_array[$i]["message"] = cleanStr($messages_array[$i]["message"]);
            $messages_array[$i]["title"] = cleanStr($messages_array[$i]["title"]);
            $messages_array[$i]["from_contact_name"] = $msg[$settings["contact_name_field"]];
            if ($messages_array[$i]["to"]) {
                $contact_str = "";
                if ($settings["contact_name_field"] != "email" && $settings["contact_name_field"] != "username") {
                    $contact_str = ", `" . $settings["contact_name_field"] . "`";
                }
                $user_info = $db->fetchAssoc("select  email, username" . $contact_str . " from " . TABLE_USERS . " where id='" . $messages_array[$i]["to"] . "'");
                $messages_array[$i]["to_contact_name"] = $user_info[$settings["contact_name_field"]];
                $messages_array[$i]["to_email"] = $user_info["email"];
                $messages_array[$i]["to_username"] = $user_info["username"];
            }
            $messages_array[$i]["blocked"] = $db->fetchRow("select count(*) from " . TABLE_BLOCKED_IPS . " where ip like '" . $messages_array[$i]["ip"] . "'");
            $i++;
        }
        $no_messages = $this->noSearchMessages($where);
        $this->no_messages = $no_messages;
        return $messages_array;
    }

at the moment it is displayed in the template like this, but this is only on one page, it is not suitable for everyone at once, everything falls apart

if(!$_POST || !isset($post_array['type']) || !$post_array['type'])
  $post_array['user_id'] = $crt_usr;

$smarty->assign("lng",$lng);
$smarty->assign("page",$page);
$smarty->assign("order",$order);
$smarty->assign("order_way",$order_way);
$smarty->assign("no_per_page",$no_per_page);
$smarty->assign("post_array",$post_array);

$messages_array=$msg->getMessages($post_array, $page,$no_per_page,$order,$order_way, 1);
$no_messages=$msg->getNoMessages();

$smarty->assign("no_messages",$no_messages);
$smarty->assign("messages_array",$messages_array);

sample
{isset($messages_array) && $messages_array|@count}