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

$sql = "SELECT count(id) as value FROM your_table WHERE your_field = ?";
$your_count = $this->db->query($sql, array($your_field))->row(0)->value;
echo $your_count;