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fbsql_num_rows

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)

fbsql_num_rows -- Get number of rows in result

Description

int fbsql_num_rows (resource result)

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. That means, that the behaviour of this function, this function name, in concreto ANYTHING documented here can change in a future release of PHP WITHOUT NOTICE. Be warned, and use this function at your own risk.

fbsql_num_rows() returns the number of rows in a result set. This command is only valid for SELECT statements. To retrieve the number of rows returned from a INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE query, use fbsql_affected_rows().

Example 1. fbsql_num_rows() example


<?php

$link = fbsql_connect("localhost", "username", "password"); 
fbsql_select_db("database", $link);

$result = fbsql_query("SELECT * FROM table1;", $link); 
$num_rows = fbsql_num_rows($result); 

echo "$num_rows Rows\n";

?>

See also: fbsql_affected_rows(), fbsql_connect(), fbsql_select_db() and fbsql_query().

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