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<h1 class="refname">mysql_num_rows</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_num_rows</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get number of rows in result</span></p>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future.
Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used.
See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and
<a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information.
Alternatives to this function include:</p>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-stmt.num-rows.html" class="function">mysqli_stmt_num_rows()</a></span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="pdostatement.rowcount.html" class="methodname">PDOStatement::rowCount()</a></span></li>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_num_rows</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Retrieves the number of rows from a result set. This command is only valid
for statements like SELECT or SHOW that return an actual result set.
To retrieve the number of rows affected by a INSERT, UPDATE, REPLACE or
DELETE query, use <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-affected-rows.html" class="function">mysql_affected_rows()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
result</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">The result <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span> that
is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function">mysql_query()</a></span>.</p></dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The number of rows in a result set on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_num_rows()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"database"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * FROM table1"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num_rows </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_num_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num_rows</span><span style="color: #DD0000"> Rows\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
If you use <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-unbuffered-query.html" class="function">mysql_unbuffered_query()</a></span>,
<span class="function"><strong>mysql_num_rows()</strong></span> will not return the
correct value until all the rows in the result set have been
retrieved.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
For backward compatibility, the following
deprecated alias may be used:
<span class="function"><strong>mysql_numrows()</strong></span>
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</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-affected-rows.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_affected_rows()</a> - Get number of affected rows in previous MySQL operation</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_connect()</a> - Open a connection to a MySQL Server</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-data-seek.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_data_seek()</a> - Move internal result pointer</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-select-db.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_select_db()</a> - Select a MySQL database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_query()</a> - Send a MySQL query</span></li>
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