Question

I am using the following script to try and count the rows in a table, the problem I keep getting is the error :

Query was empty
Quiz Name

and a blank page. Im new to COUNT, so I think I might be making a mess of it :-S .
My database layout is as follows :

itsnb_chronoforms_data_createquestions cf_id ,cf_uid,cf_created ,cf_modified, cf_ipaddress,    cf_user_id, quizID, questionID, quizquestion, quizanswer1, quizanswer2, quizanswer3, quizanswer4,     questionformat ,correctanswer

The script I am working on is :

    // Define Quiz Variables
    $quiz = $row['quizID'];
    $quizcfid = $row['cf_id'];
    $quizname = $row['quizname'];
    // Finish Define Quiz Variables  

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Make a MySQL Connection

    $query8 = "SELECT COUNT(*) as 'numberofquestions' FROM employees WHERE quizID='$quiz'"; 

    $result8 = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

    // Print out result
    while($row8 = mysql_fetch_array($result8)){
        echo 'There are '. $row8['COUNT(quizID)'] . ' questions';
    } 
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Answer 1

Your problem is that you are running the wrong query, you are running $query and not $query8

change to this :

$result8 = mysql_query($query8) or die(mysql_error());

in a second glance, you should also change to :

echo 'There are '. $row8['numberofquestions'] . ' questions';

as you set numberofquestion to be the count alias.