PHP - Return Result Counting

I am using this code to search my database plus it has a paginate which all works fine. The problem is i have a row count which for some reason counts all records in the database and not just the ones returned from the search query. How to i fix this.

Code: [Select]

$term = $_GET['term'];
$cat = $_GET['cat'];

//max display per page
$per_page = 4;

//get start variable
$start = $_GET['start'];

// cout records
$record_count = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Table WHERE productname like '%$term%' and category like '%$cat%'"));

//count max pages
$max_pages = $record_count / $per_page; //may count as decimal

if (!$start)
      $start =0;
   

$sql="SELECT * FROM table WHERE productname like '%$term%' and category like '%$cat%' LIMIT $start, $per_page";
$result = mysql_query($sql);

$sql = mysql_query ("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table");


list($number) = mysql_fetch_row($sql);

if (!mysql_num_rows($result)) { 
die("NO RECORD FOUND") ;
exit;
} else {
echo "Your Search for: <b>$term</b> in <b>$cat</b><br><br>";
}
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($number);

if (!$i++) echo "Total records $number";

?>

<br />
<br /> 
<?php echo 'ID: '.$row['id'];  ?>  <br /> 
<?php echo '<br/> Product Name: '.$row['productname'];?>  <br /> 
<?php echo '<br/> Price: '.$row['price']; ?><br /> 
<?php echo '<br/> category: '.$row['category']; ?>
 
<br /> 
<?php
 }
?>

<?php

 //setup prev and next variables  
$prev = $start - $per_page;
 $next = $start + $per_page;
 
 // show prev button   
 if(!($start<=0))
  echo " <a href='ttr.php?start=$prev'>Prev&nbsp;</a>";

//set var for first page
$i=1;

for ($x=0;$x<$record_count;$x=$x+$per_page)
{
 if ($start!=$x)
   echo "<a href='ttr.php?start=$x'>$i</a> ";
   else
   echo "<a href='ttr.php?start=$x'><b>$i</b></a> ";
   $i++;
}
 
 //show next button 
 
 if (!($start>=$record_count-$per_page))
  echo " <a href='ttr.php?start=$next'>Next</a>";
   
?>