PHP and Mysqli getting value of a count(distinct()) query

Question

I have a db table in mysql called gsm, with 2 columns, LAC and NAME.

So I am trying to count how many different LAC are stored in the DB and retrieve a php value to furt

Answer 1

you can check with the below code , however its not tested from my end but i m sure that it would work.

 # Init the MySQL Connection
    if (!( $db = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '') ))
        die ('Failed to connect to MySQL Database Server - #'.mysql_errno ().': '.mysql_error ());
    if (!mysql_select_db('ram'))
        die ('Connected to Server, but Failed to Connect to Database - #'.mysql_errno ().': '.mysql_error ());
    # Prepare the SELECT Query
    $sql = "select count(distinct lac) as LAC from gsm ";
    if (!( $selectRes = mysql_query($sql) )) {
        echo 'Retrieval of data from Database Failed - #' . mysql_errno() . ': ' . mysql_error();
    } else if (mysql_num_rows($selectRes) == 0) {

        echo 'No Any Record Returned';
    } else {
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($selectRes)) {
            echo $row['LAC'];
        }
    }