<?php

$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","dbname","dbuser","dbpass");
    // Check connection
    if (mysqli_connect_errno())
    {
        echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " .   mysqli_connect_error();              }

        $sql="SELECT * FROM users";
        $result=mysqli_query($con,$sql);
        $rowcount=mysqli_num_rows($result);
        echo $rowcount;
        if($rowcount<=25)
        {
        <<show rest of the edit view code eg $viewdefs ['Users'].......    etc >>
        }else
 {
    << show a message >>
 }
    }
    mysqli_free_result($result);
    mysqli_close($con);
    }
?>

<?php

$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","dbname","dbuser","dbpass");
    // Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " .   mysqli_connect_error();
} else {
    $sql="SELECT * FROM users";
    $result=mysqli_query($con,$sql);
    $rowcount=mysqli_num_rows($result);
    echo $rowcount;
    if($rowcount<=25) {
            <<show rest of the edit view code eg $viewdefs ['Users'].......    etc >>
        } else {
            << show a message >>
        }
    }
    mysqli_free_result($result);
    mysqli_close($con);
}
?>