<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Gets the number of affected rows in a previous MySQL operation</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mysqli.autocommit.html">mysqli::autocommit</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="mysqli.affected-rows" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">mysqli::$affected_rows</h1> <h1 class="refname">mysqli_affected_rows</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::$affected_rows</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_affected_rows</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the number of affected rows in a previous MySQL operation</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysqli.affected-rows-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para">Object oriented style</p> <div class="fieldsynopsis"><span class="type">int</span> <var class="varname"><a href="mysqli.affected-rows.html">$mysqli->affected_rows</a></var>;</div> <p class="para">Procedural style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_affected_rows</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Returns the number of rows affected by the last <em>INSERT</em>, <em>UPDATE</em>, <em>REPLACE</em> or <em>DELETE</em> query. </p> <p class="para"> For SELECT statements <span class="function"><strong>mysqli_affected_rows()</strong></span> works like <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-result.num-rows.html" class="function">mysqli_num_rows()</a></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli.affected-rows-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter"> link</code></em></span><dd> <p class="para">Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_connect()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.init.html" class="function">mysqli_init()</a></span> </p></dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.affected-rows-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> An integer greater than zero indicates the number of rows affected or retrieved. Zero indicates that no records were updated for an UPDATE statement, no rows matched the <em>WHERE</em> clause in the query or that no query has yet been executed. -1 indicates that the query returned an error. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> If the number of affected rows is greater than the maximum integer value(<strong><code> PHP_INT_MAX </code></strong>), the number of affected rows will be returned as a string. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli.affected-rows-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-1647"> <p><strong>Example #1 <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$mysqli->affected_rows</var></var> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p>Object oriented style</p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$mysqli </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Insert rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"CREATE TABLE Language SELECT * from CountryLanguage"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (INSERT): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ALTER TABLE Language ADD Status int default 0"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* update rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"UPDATE Language SET Status=1 WHERE Percentage > 50"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (UPDATE): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* delete rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DELETE FROM Language WHERE Percentage < 50"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (DELETE): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* select all rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT CountryCode FROM Language"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (SELECT): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Delete table Language */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DROP TABLE Language"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>Procedural style</p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Can't connect to localhost. Error: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Insert rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"CREATE TABLE Language SELECT * from CountryLanguage"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (INSERT): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ALTER TABLE Language ADD Status int default 0"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* update rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"UPDATE Language SET Status=1 WHERE Percentage > 50"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (UPDATE): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* delete rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DELETE FROM Language WHERE Percentage < 50"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (DELETE): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* select all rows */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT CountryCode FROM Language"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Affected rows (SELECT): %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_affected_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Delete table Language */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DROP TABLE Language"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Affected rows (INSERT): 984 Affected rows (UPDATE): 168 Affected rows (DELETE): 815 Affected rows (SELECT): 169 </pre></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli.affected-rows-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-result.num-rows.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_num_rows()</a> - Gets the number of rows in a result</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.info.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_info()</a> - Retrieves information about the most recently executed query</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mysqli.autocommit.html">mysqli::autocommit</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>