**

 * Count the number of rows in a table filtered by conditions

 *

 * @global int   $mysql_queries_count

 * @global array $mysql_queries_time

 *

 * @param string $field      Parenthesized field name

 * @param string $table      Table name

 * @param string $conditions conditions after "where"

 *

 * @return boolean

 */

function dbcount($field, $table, $conditions = "") {

    $cond = ($conditions ? " WHERE ".$conditions : "");

    $sql = "SELECT COUNT".$field." FROM ".$table.$cond;

    try {

        $statement = dbconnection()->prepare($sql);

        $statement->execute();

        return $statement->fetchColumn();

    } catch (PDOException $e) {

        trigger_error($e->getMessage(), E_USER_ERROR);

        echo $e;

        return FALSE;

    }

}