mysql_num_rows

(PHP3 , PHP4 )

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().

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

For downward compatibility mysql_numrows() can also be used.