mysql_num_rows

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

mysql_num_rows -- Get number of rows in result

Description

int mysql_num_rows (int 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, use mysql_affected_rows().

Example 1. mysql_num_rows example by crubel@trilizio.org ()

<?php
$conn = mysql_connect("hostaddress", "username", "password"); 
mysql_select_db("database",$conn); // needed if you have m,ultiple db's
$Resultfornummembers = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Accounts",$conn); 
$NumMembers = mysql_num_rows($Resultfornummembers); 
echo "$NumMembers Members";
?>                          
      

See also: mysql_db_query(), mysql_query() and, mysql_fetch_row().

For downward compatibility mysql_numrows() can also be used.