how to SUM table data values using php but without selecting mysql table
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM pay_detec WHERE (`nic_num` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`cust_name` LIKE '%".$query."%')");
if(mysql_num_rows($raw_results) > 0)
{
while($results = mysql_fetch_array($raw_results))
{
echo "<tr align='CENTER' bgcolor='FBE946'>
<td height='25px'>".$results['cust_name']."</td> <td>".$results['nic_num']."</td><td>".$results['acc_num']."</td><td>".$results['due_date']."</td>
<td>".$results['loan']."</td><td>".$results['due_months']."</td> <td>".$results['blanc_due']."</td><td>".$results['month_pay']."</td>
<td >".$results['payment']."</td><td>".$results['INTRST']."<td bgColor=red colSpan=0>".$results['short']."</td><td>".$results['othr_chrg']."</td><td>".$results['DELAY_CHRG']."</td><td>".$results['ADVNC']."</td><td>".$results['ttl']."</td><td>".$results['blanc2']."</td></tr>" ;
}
$totalSum += $results['some_column']inside your loop. Tip: don't use mysql extension, it's deprecated, use mysqli or PDO instead.whileloop.