framework/data/BaseDataProvider.php
public function getTotalCount()
    {
        if ($this->getPagination() === false) {
            return $this->getCount();
        } elseif ($this->_totalCount === null) {
            $this->_totalCount = $this->prepareTotalCount();
        }

        return $this->_totalCount;
    }
public function getTotalCount()
    {
        if ($this->getPagination() === false) {
            return $this->getCount();
        } elseif ($this->_totalCount === null) {
            $this->_totalCount = $this->prepareTotalCount();
        }

        return $this->_totalCount;
    }
Returns the total number of data models.
When [[pagination]] is false, this returns the same value as [[count]].
Otherwise, it will call [[prepareTotalCount()]] to get the count.
@return int total number of possible data models.