(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1)
mysql_num_rows -- Get number of rows in result
Description
int mysql_num_rows (resource result)
mysql_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 mysql_affected_rows().
Example 1. mysql_num_rows() example
<?php
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password");
mysql_select_db("database", $link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table1", $link);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
echo "$num_rows Rows\n";
?>
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See also:
mysql_affected_rows(),
mysql_connect(),
mysql_select_db() and
mysql_query().
For downward compatibility mysql_numrows() can
also be used.