[mysql] MySQL COUNT DISTINCT

I'm trying to collect the number of distinct visits in my cp yesterday, then count them.

SELECT
    DISTINCT `user_id` as user,
    `site_id` as site,
    `ts` as time
FROM
    `cp_visits`
WHERE
    ts >= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)

For some reason this is pulling multiple results with the same site id....how do i only pull and count the distinct site_id cp logins?

You need to use a group by clause.

SELECT  site_id, MAX(ts) as TIME, count(*) group by site_id

Overall

SELECT
       COUNT(DISTINCT `site_id`) as distinct_sites
  FROM `cp_visits`
 WHERE ts >= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)

Or per site

  SELECT
         `site_id` as site,
         COUNT(DISTINCT `user_id`) as distinct_users_per_site
    FROM `cp_visits`
   WHERE ts >= DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)
GROUP BY `site_id`

Having the time column in the result doesn't make sense - since you are aggregating the rows, showing one particular time is irrelevant, unless it is the min or max you are after.