<?
$result = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(id) as id FROM table);
$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);
print "$myrow[id]";
?>
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:13 AM
Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: count
> I know how to get the results for the total number of records
> select count(*) from $table
> but how do I put them into a variable for me to use later???
>
> "David Robley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > > I would like to count all the total records from a database. How
would
> I go
> > > about doing that???
> >
> > Do a COUNT * on each table and total the results? Although the results
> > may actually not mean much depending on your DB structure. Or do you
> > really mean count records in a _table_?
> >
> > --
> > David Robley
> > Temporary Kiwi!
> >
> > Quod subigo farinam
>
>
>
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