Title: Problems with $wpdb
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems with $wpdb

 *  [intellivision](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intellivision/)
 * (@intellivision)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wpdb/)
 * `<?php $numvrd = $wpdb->query("SELECT SUM(wp_term_taxonomy.count) FROM wp_term_taxonomy
   where wp_term_taxonomy.term_id in (73,74)"); echo($numvrd); ?>`
 * Running that query in a MySql query editor returns 425.
 * The code above – in a WP footer – returns 1.
 * It’s exactly the same in both. Any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [intellivision](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intellivision/)
 * (@intellivision)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wpdb/#post-1041850)
 * Ack, I was using $wpdb incorrectly. I did the above, but instead of $wpdb->**
   query** I used $wpdb->**get_var** and it returns 425.

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