diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
index 230c9c8ed7..5d456c2ff0 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
@@ -900,6 +900,41 @@ class dbal
 
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets the estimated number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Number of rows in $table_name.
+	*								Prefixed with ~ if estimated (otherwise exact).
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_estimated_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		return $this->get_row_count($table_name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets the exact number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Exact number of rows in $table_name.
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS rows_total
+			FROM ' . $this->sql_escape($table_name);
+		$result = $this->sql_query($sql);
+		$rows_total = $this->sql_fetchfield('rows_total');
+		$this->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		return $rows_total;
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
index 1e24c79577..87413e808d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
@@ -318,6 +318,76 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 		return @mysql_real_escape_string($msg, $this->db_connect_id);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	* Gets the estimated number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Number of rows in $table_name.
+	*								Prefixed with ~ if estimated (otherwise exact).
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_estimated_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		$table_status = $this->get_table_status($table_name);
+
+		if (isset($table_status['Engine']))
+		{
+			if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'MyISAM')
+			{
+				return $table_status['Rows'];
+			}
+			else if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'InnoDB' && $table_status['Rows'] > 100000)
+			{
+				return '~' . $table_status['Rows'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->get_row_count($table_name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets the exact number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Exact number of rows in $table_name.
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		$table_status = $this->get_table_status($table_name);
+
+		if (isset($table_status['Engine']) && $table_status['Engine'] === 'MyISAM')
+		{
+			return $table_status['Rows'];
+		}
+
+		return parent::get_row_count($table_name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets some information about the specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return array
+	*
+	* @access protected
+	*/
+	function get_table_status($table_name)
+	{
+		$sql = "SHOW TABLE STATUS
+			LIKE '" . $this->sql_escape($table_name) . "'";
+		$result = $this->sql_query($sql);
+		$table_status = $this->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$this->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		return $table_status;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
index 456ce906d0..49b2789ce6 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mysqli.php
@@ -315,6 +315,76 @@ class dbal_mysqli extends dbal
 		return @mysqli_real_escape_string($this->db_connect_id, $msg);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	* Gets the estimated number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Number of rows in $table_name.
+	*								Prefixed with ~ if estimated (otherwise exact).
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_estimated_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		$table_status = $this->get_table_status($table_name);
+
+		if (isset($table_status['Engine']))
+		{
+			if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'MyISAM')
+			{
+				return $table_status['Rows'];
+			}
+			else if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'InnoDB' && $table_status['Rows'] > 100000)
+			{
+				return '~' . $table_status['Rows'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->get_row_count($table_name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets the exact number of rows in a specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return string				Exact number of rows in $table_name.
+	*
+	* @access public
+	*/
+	function get_row_count($table_name)
+	{
+		$table_status = $this->get_table_status($table_name);
+
+		if (isset($table_status['Engine']) && $table_status['Engine'] === 'MyISAM')
+		{
+			return $table_status['Rows'];
+		}
+
+		return parent::get_row_count($table_name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets some information about the specified table.
+	*
+	* @param string $table_name		Table name
+	*
+	* @return array
+	*
+	* @access protected
+	*/
+	function get_table_status($table_name)
+	{
+		$sql = "SHOW TABLE STATUS
+			LIKE '" . $this->sql_escape($table_name) . "'";
+		$result = $this->sql_query($sql);
+		$table_status = $this->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$this->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		return $table_status;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_native.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_native.php
index 69937ff9c9..dc961f3c8a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_native.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_native.php
@@ -1458,53 +1458,11 @@ class fulltext_native extends search_backend
 	}
 
 	function get_stats()
-	{
-		$this->stats['total_words']		= $this->get_table_row_count(SEARCH_WORDLIST_TABLE);
-		$this->stats['total_matches']	= $this->get_table_row_count(SEARCH_WORDMATCH_TABLE);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	* Gets statistics for a specific database table.
-	*
-	* @param string $table_name		Table name
-	*
-	* @return string				Row count. Prefixed with ~ if estimated.
-	*
-	* @access protected
-	*/
-	function get_table_row_count($table_name)
 	{
 		global $db;
 
-		if (stripos($db->sql_layer, 'mysql') === 0)
-		{
-			$sql = "SHOW TABLE STATUS
-				LIKE '" . $table_name . "'";
-			$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-			$table_status = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-			$db->sql_freeresult($result);
-
-			if (isset($table_status['Engine']))
-			{
-				if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'MyISAM')
-				{
-					return $table_status['Rows'];
-				}
-				else if ($table_status['Engine'] === 'InnoDB' && $table_status['Rows'] > 100000)
-				{
-					return '~' . $table_status['Rows'];
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Get exact row count by actually counting rows
-		$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS rows_total
-			FROM ' . $table_name;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-		$rows_total = $db->sql_fetchfield('rows_total');
-		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
-
-		return $rows_total;
+		$this->stats['total_words']		= $db->get_estimated_row_count(SEARCH_WORDLIST_TABLE);
+		$this->stats['total_matches']	= $db->get_estimated_row_count(SEARCH_WORDMATCH_TABLE);
 	}
 
 	/**