note 18721 added to function.mysql-result

Not really convinced that this subject *needs* any more notes, but ... I am looking for something simple/elegant to report the the number of items in a table. At the moment I am using this: $result = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select count(*) from photos")); $total = $result["count(*)"]; Anything better anyone ? I admit I am a newbie, but some of the above seems obtuse for the hell of it. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-result.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+18721 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+18721 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+18721