function array_count_values_of($value, $array) {
$counts = array_count_values($array);
return $counts[$value];
}
Not native, but come on, it’s simple enough. 😉
Alternatively:
echo count(array_filter($array, function ($n) { return $n == 6; }));
Or:
echo array_reduce($array, function ($v, $n) { return $v + ($n == 6); }, 0);
Or:
echo count(array_keys($array, 6));