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

One way I can think is to have variable $count when you call your function, and it will go something like this:

function your_function($count = FALSE) {

$this->db->select(...)

//before limit you do this:

if($count != FALSE):

return $this->db->get->result_array()

else :

return $this->db->limit($limit, $offset)->get()->result_array();

endif;
}

This way you can call function two time - one for count and the other for limit query:

$count = count($this->your_function(TRUE));
$data['query] = $this->your_function();