How to get number of rows?

[eluser]Michal1[/eluser]
Hi,

so I have a problem with retrieving number of rows in one of my function. In my model I have

Code:

public function get_comments()
     {
         $this->db->where("article_id",$this->uri->segment(3));
         $this->db->order_by("id","asc");
         $query=$this->db->get('comments');
         $number=$query->num_rows();
        
         return $query->result();
         return $number->result();
     }

Then in controller

Code:

if ($rows=$this->single_model->get_comments())
            {
                $data['number']=$number;
                
            }

$this->load->view('single_view',$data);

and now I want to echo num of rows so in view i have a classic foreach loop and inside of it

Code:

echo $row->number();

But instead of number I receive word "array".

What am I doing wrong guys? Thank you