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PHP Functions

Function: mysql_num_rows

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

mysql_num_rows -- Get number of rows in result

Description

int mysql_num_rows ( resource result )

Retrieves the number of rows from a result set. This command is only valid for SELECT statements. To retrieve the number of rows affected by a INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE query, use mysql_affected_rows() .

Parameters

result

The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query() .

Return Values

The number of rows in a result set on success, or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1. mysql_num_rows() example

<?php

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
mysql_select_db("database", $link);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table1", $link);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

echo "$num_rows Rows\n";

?>

Notes

Note: If you use mysql_unbuffered_query() , mysql_num_rows() will not return the correct value until all the rows in the result set have been retrieved.

Note: For downward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_numrows()

Related Function(s)

  • mysql_affected_rows()
  • mysql_query()
  • mysql_unbuffered_query()
  • mysql_connect()
  • mysql_data_seek()
  • mysql_select_db()
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