I want to query a table and only need one cell returned. Right now the only way I can think to do it is:
$query = $this->db->query('SELECT id FROM crops WHERE name = "wheat"');
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
$row = $query->row();
$crop_id = $row->id;
}
What I want is, since I'm select 'id' anyway, for that to be the result. IE: $query = 'cropId'.
Any ideas? Is this even possible?