Re: best way to get COUNT from result set

Hey, try: function getRowCount ($db_table,$db_column='',$db_value='') { $q = "select count(*) from $db_table"; if (!empty($db_column)) { $q .= " WHERE $db_column='$db_value'"; } $r = mysql_query ("$q") or die (mysql_error()); Return mysql_result($r,0); } Uses : ------ // Returns total number of rows in table getRowCount('tablename'); // Returns number of NULL (empty) rows in a table column getRowCount('tablename','columnname'); // Returns number of VALUES ($db_value) in table column getRowCount('tablename','columnname','value'); Note : ------- mysql_num_rows() makes more sense if you've already done the SELECT and need to know how many rows are in your result set. Regards, Philip --.sig [ Want to write Good code? First, write Bad code. ] [ Will work for Money : http://www.cornado.com/ ] On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Christian Dechery wrote: > there's no way to get a single result from a query (since several functions > like MAX(), AVG(), COUNT(), ...) return single values... > > I could go like... > > $q = "select count(id) from table"; > $rslt = mysql_query($q); > $count = mysql_fetch_row($rslt); > > and then $count[0] would have what I want... > but this is kinda "syntax ugly"... I only want ONE value... I don't want an > ARRAY... > of course $count = $count[0] (I'm sure a lot of people would sugest that) > is possible, but is also "syntax ugly"... > > is there any way around this? > ____________________________ > . Christian Dechery (lemming) > . http://www.tanamesa.com.br > . Gaita-L Owner / Web Developer > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >