stdClass Object containing array() of objects. How do I count elements in nested object

Question

The following statements:

echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
echo "</pre>";

Yield the result:

stdClass Object
(
    [tickets] => Array
    (
        [0] => stdClass Object
            (
            ['SomeData']
            )
        [1] => stdClass Object
            (
            ['SomeData']
            )
        [2]
            ...
    )
)

I'd like to count the total entires inside[tickets].

I have tried:

print_r(array_count_values())

and:

$totalResults = 0;
foreach ($result as $value) {
    $totalResults++;
}
//echo $totalResults;

The former yields Warning: array_count_values() expects parameter 1 to be array, object given in...

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The following:

$total = count((array)$result);
echo $total;

Yields the value 4 when I know the output should be well over 100.