How to get a count even if there are no results corresponding mysql?

Question

I am formalating a query to give the number of reports submitted over the last year ordered by date. I get the current year and month with php:

$year = date         


        

Answer 1

count(col_name) AS count will give you count 0

For reference you can visit http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/04/10/count-vs-countcol/