how to get the total row count with mysqli

Question

i am trying to understand mysqli extension and did google but got very few info on this except php.net which was helpful.

now after all this i am trying to achieve

Answer 1

using mysqli you do it the following way (assuming the mysqli object is already created -- you can also use the procedure methods, just slightly different):

$sql = "SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS *, post.id as pid, bla bla 
        FROM account ORDER BY pid ASC". $eb["array"]['querylimit'];
$result = $mysqli->query($sql);
$TotalRcount = $result->num_rows;
while($row=$result->fetch_assoc()){
    $col1 = $row['col1'];  // col1 is a placeholder for whatever column you are reading
    //read columns
}