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 statements like SELECT or SHOW that return an actual result set. To retrieve the number of rows affected by a INSERT, UPDATE, REPLACE 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.

example


$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";

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