BadGoat Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Hello!I am trying to echo the sum of the records in a table and it returns empty. [code]$query = "SELECT SUM(number) AS total FROM records"; $result = mysql_query($query); echo 'the total is:'; echo $total;[/code]When I echo the query it appears as above, when I echo the $result it says Resource ID#5. When I echo $total is is empty. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22024-sum-question-solved/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric1235711 Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 $result content is the resource id...you must fetch to get somethingand also, php won´t guess what is $total...try this:[code]<?php$query = "SELECT SUM(number) AS total FROM records"; $result = mysql_query($query); list($total) = mysql_fetch_row($result); // look at php.net to learn more about this echo 'the total is:'; echo $total;?>[/code] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22024-sum-question-solved/#findComment-98485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [code]$query = "SELECT SUM(number) AS total FROM records"; $result = mysql_query($query); $r = mysql_fetch_array($result); echo "total is: {$r['total']}";[/code] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22024-sum-question-solved/#findComment-98486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 [code]$query = "SELECT SUM(number) AS total FROM records";$result = mysql_query($query);$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);echo 'the total is:' . $row['total'];[/code]Try that.EDIT:... bah... beaten to it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22024-sum-question-solved/#findComment-98487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadGoat Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Happily I asked a question that three people answered within 10 minutes! Many thanks all! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/22024-sum-question-solved/#findComment-98493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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