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Asked: 2026-05-21T02:03:50+00:00

Im trying to count the number of rows in a MySQL database and report

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Im trying to count the number of rows in a MySQL database and report that number using PHP. I’ve read all the documentation and I think this piece of code should be working but no matter what I try, it fails.

<?php
session_start();
if ( isset($_SESSION['username']) ) {
    $username = $_SESSION['username'];
    $q = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE recepiants='$username' AND readcheck='T'";
    $count = mysql_num_rows($q);
?>
<div class="user_info">Logged in as <?php echo $username; ?> | <a href="admin.php">Add a post</a> | <a href="experiment.php">View Posts</a> | <a href="inbox.php">Message Center <?php echo $count; ?> </a> | <a href="logout.php">Log Out</a></div>
<?php } else {?>

The script successfully reports $username but $count doesn’t return a number. Any ideas? Am I missing a bracket or semi-colon somewhere?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The thing you’re missing is running the actual query:

    <?php
session_start();
if ( isset($_SESSION['username']) ) {
    $username = $_SESSION['username'];
    $q = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE recepiants='$username' AND readcheck='T'";
    $result = mysql_query($q);
    $count = mysql_num_rows($result);
?>
<div class="user_info">Logged in as <?php echo $username; ?> | <a href="admin.php">Add a post</a> | <a href="experiment.php">View Posts</a> | <a href="inbox.php">Message Center <?php echo $count; ?> </a> | <a href="logout.php">Log Out</a></div>
<?php } else {?>

    Probably better would be to run a COUNT in the query, if that’s all you need:

    <?php
session_start();
if ( isset($_SESSION['username']) ) {
    $username = $_SESSION['username'];
    $q = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS Count FROM messages WHERE recepiants='$username' AND readcheck='T'";
    $result = mysql_query($q);
    $result = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)
    $count = $result['Count'];
?>
<div class="user_info">Logged in as <?php echo $username; ?> | <a href="admin.php">Add a post</a> | <a href="experiment.php">View Posts</a> | <a href="inbox.php">Message Center <?php echo $count; ?> </a> | <a href="logout.php">Log Out</a></div>
<?php } else {?>

    And, as someone else noted, you need an active database connection.

    http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-assoc.php

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