Estoy utilizando una consulta SQL compleja en un modelo Codeigniter con un límite aplicado. Me gustaría contar el número total de filas que se habrían encontrado si el límite y la compensación no se hubieran aplicado.

Me gustaría devolver el conteo, junto con la matriz de resultados, a mi controlador. ¿Cómo hago esto? ¿Dónde pongo SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS si esta es la solución correcta?

Aquí está la consulta (que no me construí originalmente):

$this->db
  ->select('table1.*
      ,table2.*
      ,table3.*
      ,table4.*
      ,table5.*
      ,table6.*
      ,table7.*
      ,table8.*
      ,table9.*
      ,(SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(field1) FROM table10 WHERE table10.field3 = table9.field2) as categories
      ,(SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(field1) FROM table5 WHERE table5.field11 = table4.field12 AND table4.field21 = 0 AND table5.field1 != 0) as categories2
      ,(SELECT AVG(table11.field4) FROM table11 WHERE table11.field6 = table9.field2) as rating
      ,(SELECT COUNT(table12.field5) FROM table12 WHERE table12.field7 = table9.field2) as rated_times')
  ->from('table9')  
  ->join('table10', 'table10.field3 = table9.field2')
  ->join('categories', 'categories.field1 = table10.field1')
  ->join('table3', 'table3.field8 = table9.field2')
  ->join('table1', 'table1.id = table9.field2')
  ->join('table2', 'table2.field9 = table9.field2 AND table2.field19 = 1', 'left')
  ->join('table4', 'table4.field10 = table9.field2 AND table4.field21 = 0', 'left')
  ->join('table5', 'table5.field11 = table4.field12 AND table5.field1 != 0', 'left')
  ->join('table6', 'table6.field13 = table9.field2 AND table6.field22 BETWEEN SYSDATE() - INTERVAL 90 DAY AND SYSDATE()', 'left')
  ->join('table7', 'table7.field14 = table9.field2', 'left')
  ->join('table8', 'table8.field15 = table9.field2', 'left')
  ->where('table1.field16', NULL)
  ->where($where_clause_1, null, FALSE)
  ->where('table9.field17', $searchArray['search_country'])
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_2, null, FALSE)
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_3, null, FALSE)
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_4, null, FALSE)
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_5, null, FALSE)
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_6, null, FALSE)
  ->or_where($or_where_clause_7, null, FALSE)
  ->like('table9.field17', $searchArray['search_country'])
  ->order_by('table3.field18', 'ASC')
  ->order_by('table2.field19', 'DESC')
  ->order_by('table1.field20', 'DESC')
  ->group_by('table9.field2')
  ->limit($limit, $offset);    


  $data = $this->db->get();

return $data->result_array();

Realmente aprecio cualquier ayuda!