SQL Count无效

Question

First thing to say is I am somewhat new to the whole SQL prepared statment thing. Here is my issue, when I try and count the number of times a user has rated a post I am not getting a response, instead I get an odd error. Any help would be appreciated.

$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `rate` WHERE `userID`=? AND `postID`=?";
        if($stmt = $connection->prepare($query)){
            $stmt->bind_param("ii", $id, $post_id);
            $stmt->execute();
            $stmt->bind_result($count);
            $stmt->fetch();
            echo $count;
        } else {
            echo $connection->error;
        }

And the error given by the echo $connection->error is: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1

Answer 1

As stated by @Fred-ii ->

    `COUNT(*) AS totalcount` then bind result on $totalcount

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