php mysql help ?

[teksigns]

i have a table called

color_guide

it has several fields in it ....

one of them is

name

what php mysql statement would i need to use to retrieve
the "name" that has the most rows along with how many it has.....

example :

if john posted the most with 28 post i want to be able to print

John : 28

since hes the top poster......

help !

[teksigns]

Originally Posted by my username

Use PHP's built-in functions (mysql_connect(), mysql_select_db() and mysql_query() (see http://www.php.net)), and this as your query:

PHP Code:

select count(*) from color_guide where name='john'; 


will not work ......

heres the problem


the script does not know who is the highest .......

thats what i want to find out


i want to know who is te highest by the amount of times there name is in new rows .
and what the count of rows for the highest poster is ......

[Dean C]

Use MAX instead of COUNT IIRC

[teksigns]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Use MAX instead of COUNT IIRC

do you have a example

[teksigns]

here is a example database.

i have a table named

color_guide

with the following fields and data.

-------------------------------------------------
| poster | color | info | more info |
-------------------------------------------------
| john | blue | xx | xx |
| joe | black | xx | xx |
| chris | red | xx | xx |
| john | yellow | xx | xx |
| joe | xxxx | xx | xx |
| john | xxxx | xx | xx |
-------------------------------------------------

so in my sample database i need a query that will
check who has the most rows and display the count .

example :

John has 3 post

[my username]

Ok, i saw that i answered wrong question (read a little too fast) and deleted my post.
You were too quick for me...

Ok...I believe you may do it like this with mySQL:
(I've been working for 9 hours now, so it might not work )

PHP Code:

SELECT name, count(name) AS number FROM color_guide GROUP BY name ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT 1; 


Then you extract name and number from your result.
Example:

PHP Code:

$result = mysql_fetch_object(mysql_query($query, $dblink), MYSQL_ASSOC);
$highest = $result->name;
$number = $result->number;