function getCount() {
 
               $conf = JFactory::getConfig();
               $count = 0;
               $allCache = array();
 
               // setup options with site cachebase
               $options = array(
                    'defaultgroup'  => '',
                    'storage'        => $conf->get('cache_handler', ''),
                    'caching'         => true,
                    'cachebase'      => $conf->get('cache_path', JPATH_SITE.DS.'cache')
               );
 
               // clean out site caches
               $cache = JCache::getInstance('', $options);
 
               var_dump ($cache);
               $site_caches = array_keys($cache->getAll());
               
               $count = sizeof($site_caches);
 
 
               if (file_exists(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'cache')) {
 
                    // modify options to use admin cachebase
                    $options['cachebase'] = JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'cache';
                    $cache = JCache::getInstance('', $options);
 
                    $allCache = $cache->getAll();
 
                    if ($allCache) {
                         $admin_caches = array_keys($allCache);
                         $count += sizeof($admin_caches);
                    }
                    
                    
               }
 
               return($count);
     }