Joining three different tables

Question

I am trying to get the count value of two tables and use the member id as key to count the rows of the other tables, I have this code so far but it is outputting a big value for comCount and empty value for chatCount. Here is my code

SELECT members.*
, comments.commenter_id
, cb.user_id
, COUNT(comments.comment) AS comCount
, COUNT(cb.message) AS chatCount
FROM members 
INNER JOIN comments ON members.id = comments.commenter_id
INNER JOIN chat_box AS cb ON members.id = cb.user_id
WHERE members.id ='$profileId'`

Answer 1

SELECT  members.* , 
        a.commenter_id , 
        b.user_id , 
        a.totalComment , 
        b.totalChat
FROM    members 
        INNER JOIN 
        (
            SELECT commenter_id, COUNT(*) totalComment
            FROM comments
            GROUP BY commenter_id
        ) a ON members.id = a.commenter_id
        INNER JOIN 
        (
            SELECT user_id, COUNT(*) totalChat
            FROM chat_box 
            GROUP BY user_id            
        ) b  ON members.id = b.user_id
WHERE   members.id = '$profileId'

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Answer 2

SELECT members.*
, comments.commenter_id
, cb.user_id
,(select  COUNT(1) from comments where commenter_id = members.id) AS comCount
,(select count(1) from chat_box where user_id = members.id) AS chatCount
FROM members 
WHERE members.id ='$profileId'`