CodeIgniter Active Record - Get number of returned rows

Question

I\'m very new to CodeIgniter and Active Record in particular, I know how to do this well in normal SQL but I\'m trying to learn.

How can I select some data from one

Answer 1

$this->db->select('count(id) as rows');
$this->db->from('table_name');
$this->db->where('active',1);
$query = $this->db->get();
foreach($query->result() as $r)
{
   return $r->rows;
}