Not getting the result I'm expecting from this simple query

[eluser]dallen33[/eluser]

Code:

$query = $this->db->get_where('clients', array('name' => $name))->row()->id;
        
        if ($query->num_rows() > 0):
            return $query->result();
        else:
            return false;
        endif;

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I'm expecting to get the actual ID from "return $query->result();". What might I be doing wrong?