public function getCharacterCount($character = null)
{
static $characters = null;
if (!is_array($characters)) {
$characters = array();
$model = new SimplelistsModelItems();
$model->setLimitQuery(false);
$model->setState('no_char_filter', 1);
$model->initLimit(1000);
$model->initLimitstart(0);
$rows = $model->getData();
if (!empty($rows)) {
foreach ($rows as $row) {
$c = substr(strtolower(trim($row->title)), 0, 1);
if (isset($characters[$c])) {
$characters[$c]++;
} else {
$characters[$c] = 1;
}
}
}
}
if (isset($characters[$character])) {
return $characters[$character];
}
return 0;
}
