Get total number of rows when using LIMIT

Question

Been following examples from here and many other sites but not getting the expected results

Snippet of my PHP code;

$query=\"SELECT * FROM book\";
$resul         


        

Answer 1

Add a SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS to your select statement: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/information-functions.html#function_found-rows

This forces MySQL to count the rows as if the limit statement is not present.

$query="SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM book LIMIT 0,4";

Answer 2

Your most recent query returned 4 rows ($query="SELECT * FROM book LIMIT 0,4";).

That's why it returns 4 and not 14.

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To quote the documentation:

In the absence of the SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS option in the most recent successful SELECT statement, FOUND_ROWS() returns the number of rows in the result set returned by that statement. If the statement includes a LIMIT clause, FOUND_ROWS() returns the number of rows up to the limit.