my sql best practice with php for counting rows

Question

1) Count record:

//Connect to mysql server
$link = mysql_connect(HOST, USER, PASSWORD);
if(!$link) {
    die(\'Could not connect to server: \' . mysql_error());
         


        

Answer 1

mysql has a count function:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/counting-rows.html

so you could use:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE abc=123

or whatever condition.