$sql="CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `email_count` (
			
			`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
			`sent_messages` INT not null,
			primary key (id)
		)";
		mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());

$query = "SELECT sent_messages FROM email_count";
$result=mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
$sent_mail = $results;

$query = "SELECT sent_messages FROM email_count"or die(mysql_error());
$results = mysql_query($query);
$arr = mysql_fetch_array($results);
$sent_mail = $arr[0];