Getting single value from a single row with Mysql/PHP

Question

Often I just need to get a single value from MySQL that I know exists there. I use the following construct:

$result = end(mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query(\'SELECT          


        

Answer 1

Yes, mysql_result will do this.

$result = mysql_result(mysql_query('SELECT FOUND_ROWS()', $db), 0);