Codeigniter get number of row from search query - php

Question

I have a query in my controller which searches for the term/keyword that is in the url.
Example /search/keyword
Then through my controller I perform the search doing:
$viewdata['search_results'] =
$this->Search_model->search(strtolower($this->uri->segment(2)),$limit,$offset);
then I check the database from my model like so:
function search($searchquery, $limit, $offset) {
$this->db->from('content');
$this->db->like('title', $searchquery);
$this->db->or_like('content', $searchquery);
$query = $this->db->limit($limit, $offset)->get();
$results = Array();
foreach ($query->result() as $row) {
$results[] = Array(
'title' => '' . strip_tags($row->title) . '',
'link' => base_url() . $row->anchor_url,
'text' => str_ireplace($searchquery, '<b>' . $searchquery . '</b>', strip_tags(neatest_trim($row->content,220,$searchquery,120,120)))
);
}
return $results;
}
}
I would like to know how I can return the number of rows found in my search result to the controller. I will then use the count of rows found for pagination.
How can I get the row count into the controller????

Answer 1

You can add a function in your model that returns the count and call that.
Example:
// model
public function getAffectedRows()
{
return $this->db->affected_rows();
}
...
// controller
$this->Search_model->doQuery();
$numRows = $this->Search_model->getAffectedRows();

Answer 2

You can either just use
$viewdata['search_results'] =
$this->Search_model->search(strtolower($this->uri->segment(2)),$limit,$offset);
$viewdata['search_result_count'] = count( $viewdata['search_results'] );
Or you could return a structured array from your model which includes the count. Something like
return array( 'results' => $result, 'num_results' => $this->db->num_rows() );