How to get value from mysqli_query

Question

I am using mysqli_query

SELECT COUNT( statid ) FROM device_realtime_stats

In this statement, in db returns some value ex:3

I want to that integer in php. I am giving like this

$rows_count = mysqli_query($con, " SELECT COUNT( statid ) FROM device_realtime_stats ");

But it not returns integer, how to convert. I want that integer value in PHP

Answer 1

you can get count like this

// this return mysqli statement not integer
$rows_count = mysqli_query($con, " SELECT COUNT( statid ) as count FROM device_realtime_stats "); 
$count = mysqli_fetch_object($rows_count)->count; // return count as you want