Combine two almost identical queries?

[rd4499]

I have two almost identical queries on the same page, it looks like that:

/* Query to get total number of rows for pagination script*/
$query1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM '$table'
                       WHERE abc = '$abc'");

/* Top pagination */
include(getenv ("DOCUMENT_ROOT") . "/pagination.php");

/* Query to display results */
$query2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM '$table'
                       WHERE abc = '$abc'
                       LIMIT '$begin', '$limit'");

include(getenv ("DOCUMENT_ROOT") . "/display.php");

/* Bottom pagination */
include(getenv ("DOCUMENT_ROOT") . "/pagination.php");

Works fine but it seems a little redundant solution to me. So... is it possible to combine these two queries into one?
Maybe it's simple but being a PHP/MySQL newbie, i'm just unable to wrap my brains around it 🙁 TIA.

[planetsim]

No to do this you need the two queries, as one is getting all results and the other query is limiting the results. There maybe away using count but it will still limit the result.

[rd4499]

I so hoped the queries could be combined... but thank you anyway.