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sites/all/modules/views/help/get-total-rows.html

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+The flag $view->get_total_rows is used to force the query of the view to calculate the total number of results of the set.
+
+This parameter is TRUE by default in views that get all the results (no limit) or those which have a pager, so you always have the $view->total_rows variable populated in those cases.
+But when you have a view that gets only a given number of results and no pager, the count query is not executed by default so you have to force it, i.e. in the hook_views_pre_execute so you have $view->total_rows populated for later use.
+
+This code will help you do that.
+
+<pre>
+&lt;?php
+function my_module_views_pre_execute(&$view) {
+  if ($view->name == 'my_view' && $view->current_display == 'my_display') {
+    $view->get_total_rows = TRUE;
+  }
+}
+?&gt;
+</pre>