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+<?php
+    header('Content-Type: application/json');
+
+    // Your database connection code goes here
+    $servername = "localhost";
+    $username = "username";
+    $password = "password";
+    $dbname = "myDB";
+
+    $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
+
+    if ($conn->connect_error) {
+        die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
+    }
+
+    $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) as usercount FROM users";
+    $result = $conn->query($sql);
+
+    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
+        $row = $result->fetch_assoc();
+        echo $row['usercount'];
+    } else {
+        echo "0";
+    }
+
+    $conn->close();
+?>