Getting number from mysql

[Anon]

how would I go about getting this

$usersseaching = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(searching) FROM user WHERE searching='1'");

from being this output

Resource id #8

to be what it really is.... i forgot

[Anon]

shake my hand I remembered!

$usdb = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(searching) FROM user WHERE searching='1'");
$usdb_query = mysql_fetch_row($usdb);
$userssearch = $usdb_query[0];