Question

I am trying to store a mysql value into a php variable. I have the following query which I know works. However, I the value for $count is always 0. Can someone explain what I need to do to get the count value? The count should be the count of x’s w here name_x=.$id.

$query = "SELECT COUNT(name_x) FROM Status where name_x=.$id.";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$count = $result;

Answer 1

Is first letter in table name is really capital. Please check it first.

or Try :

    $query = "SELECT COUNT(*) as totalno FROM Status where name_x=".$id;
    $result = mysql_query($query);
    while($data=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    $count = $data['totalno'];
    }
echo $count;