Using mysql_num_rows()
$user = "root";
$pass = "";
$db = "mydatabase";
$link = mysql_connect( "localhost", $user, $pass );
if ( ! $link ) {
die( "Couldn't connect to MySQL: ".mysql_error() );
}
mysql_select_db( $db, $link ) or die ( "Couldn't open $db: ".mysql_error() );
$result = mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM domains where sex='F'" );
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows( $result );
print "$num_rows women have added data to the table
\n";
mysql_close( $link );
?>