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PHP mysql_num_rows() Function


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Definition and Usage

The mysql_num_rows() function returns the number of rows in a recordset.

This function returns FALSE on failure.

Syntax

mysql_num_rows(data)

Parameter Description
data Required. Specifies which data pointer to use. The data pointer is the result from the mysql_query() function


Example

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "peter", "abc123");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

$db_selected = mysql_select_db("test_db",$con);

$sql = "SELECT * FROM person";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$con);
echo mysql_num_rows($result);

mysql_close($con);
?>

The output of the code above could be:

4


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