database->loadResult

Returns the first field of the first row returned from the most recent database query or false if the query failed.

Syntax

mixed loadResult ( )

Examples

Example: This function returns the title of the first category in the Joomla categories table.

function getCategoryTitle() {
  global $database;
 
  $sql = 'SELECT title FROM #__categories';
  $database->setQuery( $sql );
  echo $database->loadResult();
 
}
 
getCategoryTitle();

might produce:

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