diff --git a/MysqliDb.php b/MysqliDb.php
index 6166a6f3..7d5be393 100644
--- a/MysqliDb.php
+++ b/MysqliDb.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class MysqliDb
      */
     protected $_groupBy = array(); 
     /**
-     * Dynamic array that holds a combination of where condition/table data value types and parameter referances
+     * Dynamic array that holds a combination of where condition/table data value types and parameter references
      *
      * @var array
      */
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ class MysqliDb
      * @var string
      */ 
     public $count = 0;
+    /**
+     * Variable which holds an amount of returned rows during get/getOne/select queries with withTotalCount()
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */ 
+    public $totalCount = 0;
+    protected $fetchTotalCount = false;
     /**
      * Variable which holds last statement error
      *
@@ -253,6 +260,16 @@ public function query($query, $numRows = null)
         return $this->_dynamicBindResults($stmt);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Function to enable SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS in the get queries
+     *
+     * @return MysqliDb
+     */
+    public function withTotalCount () {
+        $this->fetchTotalCount = true;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * A convenient SELECT * function.
      *
@@ -266,8 +283,9 @@ public function get($tableName, $numRows = null, $columns = '*')
         if (empty ($columns))
             $columns = '*';
 
+        $this->_query = $this->fetchTotalCount == true ? 'SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' : 'SELECT '; 
         $column = is_array($columns) ? implode(', ', $columns) : $columns; 
-        $this->_query = "SELECT $column FROM " . self::$_prefix . $tableName;
+        $this->_query .= "$column FROM " .self::$_prefix . $tableName;
         $stmt = $this->_buildQuery($numRows);
 
         if ($this->isSubQuery)
@@ -329,7 +347,7 @@ public function insert($tableName, $insertData)
         if ($this->isSubQuery)
             return;
 
-        $this->_query = "INSERT into " .self::$_prefix . $tableName;
+        $this->_query = "INSERT INTO " .self::$_prefix . $tableName;
         $stmt = $this->_buildQuery(null, $insertData);
         $stmt->execute();
         $this->_stmtError = $stmt->error;
@@ -372,7 +390,7 @@ public function update($tableName, $tableData)
         if ($this->isSubQuery)
             return;
 
-        $this->_query = "UPDATE " . self::$_prefix . $tableName ." SET ";
+        $this->_query = "UPDATE " . self::$_prefix . $tableName;
 
         $stmt = $this->_buildQuery (null, $tableData);
         $status = $stmt->execute();
@@ -483,14 +501,14 @@ public function orderBy($orderByField, $orderbyDirection = "DESC", $customFields
     {
         $allowedDirection = Array ("ASC", "DESC");
         $orderbyDirection = strtoupper (trim ($orderbyDirection));
-        $orderByField = preg_replace ("/[^-a-z0-9\.\(\),_]+/i",'', $orderByField);
+        $orderByField = preg_replace ("/[^-a-z0-9\.\(\),_`]+/i",'', $orderByField);
 
         if (empty($orderbyDirection) || !in_array ($orderbyDirection, $allowedDirection))
             die ('Wrong order direction: '.$orderbyDirection);
 
         if (is_array ($customFields)) {
             foreach ($customFields as $key => $value)
-                $customFields[$key] = preg_replace ("/[^-a-z0-9\.\(\),_]+/i",'', $value);
+                $customFields[$key] = preg_replace ("/[^-a-z0-9\.\(\),_`]+/i",'', $value);
 
             $orderByField = 'FIELD (' . $orderByField . ', "' . implode('","', $customFields) . '")';
         }
@@ -691,6 +709,7 @@ protected function _dynamicBindResults(mysqli_stmt $stmt)
 
         call_user_func_array(array($stmt, 'bind_result'), $parameters);
 
+        $this->totalCount = 0;
         $this->count = 0;
         while ($stmt->fetch()) {
             $x = array();
@@ -701,6 +720,13 @@ protected function _dynamicBindResults(mysqli_stmt $stmt)
             array_push($results, $x);
         }
 
+        if ($this->fetchTotalCount === true) {
+            $this->fetchTotalCount = false;
+            $stmt = $this->_mysqli->query ('SELECT FOUND_ROWS();');
+            $totalCount = $stmt->fetch_row();
+            $this->totalCount = $totalCount[0];
+        }
+
         return $results;
     }
 
@@ -735,9 +761,10 @@ protected function _buildTableData ($tableData) {
         $isUpdate = strpos ($this->_query, 'UPDATE');
 
         if ($isInsert !== false) {
-            $this->_query .= '(`' . implode(array_keys($tableData), '`, `') . '`)';
-            $this->_query .= ' VALUES(';
-        }
+            $this->_query .= ' (`' . implode(array_keys($tableData), '`, `') . '`)';
+            $this->_query .= ' VALUES (';
+        } else
+            $this->_query .= " SET ";
 
         foreach ($tableData as $column => $value) {
             if ($isUpdate !== false)
@@ -791,7 +818,7 @@ protected function _buildWhere () {
             return;
 
         //Prepair the where portion of the query
-        $this->_query .= ' WHERE ';
+        $this->_query .= ' WHERE';
 
         // Remove first AND/OR concatenator
         $this->_where[0][0] = '';
@@ -950,7 +977,9 @@ protected function replacePlaceHolders ($str, $vals) {
             $val = $vals[$i++];
             if (is_object ($val))
                 $val = '[object]';
-            $newStr .= substr ($str, 0, $pos) . $val;
+            if ($val == NULL)
+                $val = 'NULL';
+            $newStr .= substr ($str, 0, $pos) . "'". $val . "'";
             $str = substr ($str, $pos + 1);
         }
         $newStr .= $str;
@@ -1138,4 +1167,4 @@ public function _transaction_status_check () {
         $this->rollback ();
     }
 } // END class
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 06079962..21d0cd96 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ echo "total ".$stats['cnt']. "users found";
 or select one column or function result
 
 ```php
-$count = getValue ("users", "count(*)");
+$count = $db->getValue ("users", "count(*)");
 echo "{$count} users found";
 ```
 
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ $res = $db->get ("users");
 ```
 
 
+Find the total number of rows matched. Simple pagination example:
+```php
+$offset = 10;
+$count = 15;
+$users = $db->withTotalCount()->get('users', Array ($offset, $count));
+echo "Showing {$count} from {$db->totalCount}";
+```
+
 Optionally you can use method chaining to call where multiple times without referencing your object over an over:
 
 ```php
@@ -310,7 +318,6 @@ print_r ($products);
 ### Properties sharing
 Its is also possible to copy properties
 
-Simple pagination example:
 ```php
 $db->where ("agentId", 10);
 $db->where ("active", true);
diff --git a/tests.php b/tests.php
index 0a708730..bff6360d 100644
--- a/tests.php
+++ b/tests.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
 $db->rawQuery($q);
 
 
-$db->orderBy("id","asc");
+$db->orderBy("`id`","asc");
 $users = $db->get("users");
 if ($db->count != 3) {
     echo "Invalid total insert count";
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
     echo "invalid join with subquery count";
     exit;
 }
+
+$db->withTotalCount()->get('users', 1);
+if ($db->totalCount != 3) {
+    echo "error in totalCount";
+    exit;
+}
 ///
 //TODO: insert test
 $db->delete("users");