I can count number of a table rows by using mysqli_num_rows. I have a table which contains similar rows. How can I count by grouping by similar row? For instance: I have a table with 2 columns : Student and Option. Let say there are 50 students. 20 are in Economy option, 20 are in Management option and 10 are in Secretary Option. How can display those numbers. I can display only the 50.
my codes
$qry = "select * from table group by option";
$req= @mysqli_query($conn, $qry);
$result = mysqli_query( $conn, "select id from table");
$num_rows = mysqli_num_rows($result);
Students Total (<?php echo $num_rows ?>)
<table >
<tr>
<th>Student</th>
<th>Option</th>
</tr>
<?php
while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($req))
{
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['student'] ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['option'] ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
Here is the query you need:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS `option_count`, * -- returns a count aliased as "options_count"
FROM `table`
GROUP BY `option` -- will group the options and show the counts
Now you can echo the count, along with other data:
echo $row['count_options'];
echo $['options'];
The problem that you have here is that you will not be able to display each student in the option because this counts / groups only the three options.
Behold the proper query :
$qry = "select option as opt, COUNT(*) AS option from table group by option";