Equally random, yup.
As for an 'extra message'? Uhmm... well... there's this, for example:
Code:
$online = $mysidia->db->select("online", array(), "username != 'Visitor'")->rowCount();
$offline = $mysidia->db->select("online", array(), "username = 'Visitor'")->rowCount();
$this->assign("population","{$online} Users Online + {$offline} Guests");
If you call just {$online} or {$offline}, you receive just a number. But if you call {$population} it'll render something like "12 Users Online + 17 Guests" wherever you choose to place it.
I'm super not sure if that's helpful. =/ I hope so.