Codeigniter Active Record - Count Total Found Rows with Limit (MySQL)

Question

I\'m using a complex SQL query in a Codeigniter model with a limit applied. I\'d like to count the total number of rows that would have been found if the limit and offset had no

Answer 1

I've previously had the exact same requirement for pagination, and I was able to make it work using CodeIgniter Active Record.

First, set the option SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWSas a pseudo column in your select statement and set escape query to false:

$this->db->select('SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS null as rows, other columns ...',FALSE);

Then, after you execute your query with the limit and offset in place assign the result set to a return array:

$data = $this->db->get();
$return['results'] = $data->result();
// Do something with the results

Finally, run a second query to get the found rows and also assign that to the return array. I'm using method chaining here to do it all in one step.

$return['rows'] = $this->db->query('SELECT FOUND_ROWS() count;')->row()->count;

And return the result and row count array.

return $return;