SELECT post.id, post.title, post.more_columns , COUNT(comments.post_id) AS numofcomments FROM post INNER JOIN comments ON post.id = comments.post_id GROUP BY post.id, post.title, post.more_columns

$con = Propel::getConnection(PostPeer::DATABASE_NAME);

    $sql = "SELECT post.* , COUNT(comments.post_id) AS numcomments FROM post INNER JOIN comments ON post.id = comments.post_id GROUP BY post.id";
    $stmt = $con->prepare($sql);
    $stmt->execute();

    $result = PostPeer::populateObjects($stmt);
    return $result;

class Post extends BasePost {
  protected $numComments;

  public function setNumComments($v)
  {
    $this->numComments = $v;
  }

  public function getNumComments()
  {
    return $this->numComments;
  }
  ...
}

public static function doSelectWithCount() {
  $c = new Criteria();
  self::addSelectColumns($c); //add all columns from PostPeer
  $c->addAsColumn('numofcomments', 'COUNT('.CommentPeer::POST_ID.')');
  $c->addJoin(PostPeer::ID, CommentPeer::POST_ID, Criteria::LEFT_JOIN);
  $c->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::ID);
  $c->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::TITLE);
  // ...
  // more group-by columns if needed
  $rs = PostPeer::doSelectRS($c);

  $posts = array();
  while ($rs->next()) {
    $post = new Post();
    $post->hydrate($rs);
    $post->setNumComments($rs->getInt(PostPeer::NUM_COLUMNS + 1));
    $posts[] = $post;
  }

  return $posts;
}

SELECT post.*,sub.numcomments from post,
(select post.post_id as post_id,COUNT(comments.post_id) AS numcomments
   FROM post INNER JOIN comments ON post.id = comments.post_id GROUP BY post.id) as sub
   where post.post_id = sub.post_id;

$c = new Criteria();
// count comments with
$c->addAsColumn('numofcomments', 'COUNT('.CommentPeer::POST_ID.')');
$c->addJoin(PostPeer::ID, CommentPeer::POST_ID, Criteria::LEFT_JOIN);
$c->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::ID);
$c->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::TITLE);
// you can add more groupby column here
//$c->addGroupByColumn(...more);
$this->posts = PostPeer::doSelect($c);

//inside a static function in class PostPeer:
$c = new Criteria();
self::addSelectColumns($c); //add all columns from PostPeer
$c->addJoin(PostPeer::ID, CommentPeer::POST_ID, Criteria::LEFT_JOIN);
$cu->addAsColumn('numofcomments', 'COUNT('.CommentPeer::POST_ID.')');
$cu->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::ID);
$cu->addGroupByColumn(PostPeer::TITLE);
:
:
//more group-by columns if needed
return PostPeer::doSelectStmt($c);

<div id="title">
   <?php echo post_array[1] ?>
</div>
//...and so on for other Post fields