ユーザー登録を制限するコード-フォームphpの非表示/表示

<?php        
    $connection=mysqli_connect("host", "username", "password", "database");
    $sql="SELECT COUNT(*) from database_users";
    $stmt = $connection->prepare($sql);
    $stmt->execute();
    $res = $stmt->get_result();
    $users = $res->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);

    if ($users['COUNT(*)'] < 4) {
?>

    // html goes here, outside of the php tags

<?php
    } else {

        echo "Sorry, you have reached the user account limit.";

    };
?>