PHP - Count SQL Results Per Day - php

Question

So I have a table called Userswhich contains a table structure like this:
Lets say I have a mysql table called 'signups' with the following values:
UID|Name|Regdate
1|Admin|2014-03-04 10:51:01
2|Demo|2014-05-04 09:51:05
I want to create a graph showing how many people signed up in one day. I used this SQL Query:
SELECT DATE(regdate) AS `Date` , COUNT(*) AS Signups FROM `users` GROUP BY DATE(regdate)
It gave me an output of:
Date|Signups
2014-03-04|1
2014-05-04|1
I wanted the output in a PHP File so I made this
<?php include_once("inc/db.php"); ?>
<?php
$query ="
SELECT DATE(regdate) AS `Date`
, COUNT(*) AS Signups
FROM `users`
GROUP BY
DATE(regdate)
";
$query_params = array(
);
try
{
$stmt = $db->prepare($query);
$result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
}
catch(PDOException $ex)
{
die("Failed to run query: " . $ex->getMessage());
}
echo $result;
?>
When I try to access the page, the result I get should be same thing I got from the SQL Query. However the result I get is 1. As you can see, I am using PDO. I am a beginner please help me please. :)

Answer 1

Do you use mysqli or PDO? Anyway execute does not do the job of returning the eventual result, assuming you use PDO, you have to:
try
{
$stmt = $db->prepare($query);
$result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
foreach($stmt->fetchAll() as $fetch)
{
// do something
}
}
catch(PDOException $ex)
{
die("Failed to run query: " . $ex->getMessage());
}
echo $result;