select count(*) from table of mysql in php

Question

I am able to get both the value and row of the mysql query result.

But I am struggling to get the single output of a query. eg:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Students;");

I need the result to display. But I am not getting the result.

I have tried with the following methods:

1. mysql_fetch_assoc()
2. mysql_free_result()
3. mysql_fetch_row()

But I didn't succeed to display (get) the actual value.

Answer 1

You need to alias the aggregate using the as keyword in order to call it from mysql_fetch_assoc

$result=mysql_query("SELECT count(*) as total from Students");
$data=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo $data['total'];

Answer 2

If you only need the value:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) from Students;");
echo mysql_result($result, 0);

Answer 3

$result = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `Students`");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$count = $row['count'];

Try this code.

Answer 4

Please start using PDO.

mysql_* is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0 and will be removed entirely in 7. Let's make it easier to upgrade and start using it now.

$dbh = new \PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
$sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT count(*) as total from Students');
$sth->execute();
print_r($sth->fetchColumn());

Answer 5

$num_result = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) as total_count from Students ") or exit(mysql_error());
$row = mysql_fetch_object($num_result);
echo $row->total_count;

Answer 6

here is the code for showing no of rows in the table with PHP

$sql="select count(*) as total from student_table";
$result=mysqli_query($con,$sql);
$data=mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
echo $data['total'];

Answer 7

You can as well use this and upgrade to mysqli_ (stop using mysql_* extension...)

$result = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `Students`");
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
$count = $row['count'];
echo $count;

Answer 8

With mysql v5.7.20, here is how I was able to get the row count from a table using PHP v7.0.22:

$query = "select count(*) from bigtable";
$qresult = mysqli_query($this->conn, $query);
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($qresult);
$count = $row["count(*)"];
echo $count;

The third line will return a structure that looks like this:

array(1) {
   ["count(*)"]=>string(4) "1570"
}

In which case the ending echo statement will return:

1570

Answer 9

For mysqli users, the code will look like this:

$mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name);

$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS Students_count FROM Students")->fetch_array();
var_dump($result['Students_count']);

or:

$mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name);

$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Students")->fetch_array();
var_dump($result[0]);

Answer 10

$abc="SELECT count(*) as c FROM output WHERE question1=4";
$result=mysqli_query($conn,$abc);
if($result)
 {
    while($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))
  {
        echo $row['c'];
  }     
 }

In this its count the number of occurrences in the question1 column, Its work completely

Answer 11

我认为您的代码中有错别字，您应该删除倒数第二个分号：

$result = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Students;");

Answer 12

You need to alias the aggregate using the as keyword in order to call it from mysqli_fetch_assoc

$result=mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT count(*) as total from Students");
$data=mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
echo $data['total'];

Answer 13

$db  = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=java_db', 'root', 'pass');
$Sql = "SELECT count(*) as `total` FROM users";
$stmt = $db->query($Sql);
$stmt->execute();
$total = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
print '<pre>';
print_r($total);
print '</pre>';

Result:

Answer 14

I think it's better answer.

$query = "SELECT count(*) AS total FROM table_name"; 
mysql_select_db('database_name');
$result = mysql_query($query); 
$values = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); 
$num_rows = $values['total']; 
echo $num_rows;

Answer 15

 $howmanyuser_query=$conn->query('SELECT COUNT(uno)  FROM userentry;');
 $howmanyuser=$howmanyuser_query->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM); 
 echo $howmanyuser[0];

after the so many hours excellent :)

Answer 16

$qry_appr = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments WHERE admin_panel_id ='$id' AND status = 'ON'";
$qry_data = mysqli_query($con, $qry_appr);
$approve_count = mysqli_fetch_array($qry_data);
$toatalCount = array_shift($approve_count);
echo $toatalCount;

This will also fine but this is do what returning 0 index value by shifting fetch array. welcome all

Answer 17

如果只希望计数值，可以速记：

$cnt = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query('select * from students'));