get number of rows in codeigniter code example

Example 1: row count in codeigniter

$this->db->where('EmpID >=', 5);
$query = $this->db->get('Employees');
echo $query->num_rows();

// Outputs, 4

Example 2: codeigniter get num_rows

// num rows example
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->where('whatever');
$query = $this->db->get('table');
$num = $query->num_rows();