How to get Search Result Count in head.phtml

Question

I am trying to get total number of results count in head.phtml page. I have used following code to get search term. But I am not sure how to get total number of results count here.

$term = Mage::helper('catalogsearch')->getQueryText();

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks,

Answer 1

Please try bellow code

 if($listBlock = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('search_result_list')) {
    $productCollection = $listBlock->getLoadedProductCollection();
    echo $productCollection->getSize();
 }

Answer 2

I haven't been able to test this, but try something like this:

$size = Mage::helper('catalogSearch')->getQuery()->getSearchCollection()->getSize();

Answer 3

Old question, but I want to share the way I get it. More simple

echo Mage::getSingleton('catalogsearch/layer')->getProductCollection()->count();