(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli_result::$num_rows -- mysqli_num_rows — Gets the number of rows in the result set
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
mysqli_num_rows(mysqli_result $result): int|string
Returns the number of rows in the result set.
The behaviour of mysqli_num_rows() depends on whether buffered or unbuffered result sets are being used. This function returns 0 for unbuffered result sets unless all rows have been fetched from the server.
result
Procedural style only: A mysqli_result object returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result(), mysqli_use_result() or mysqli_stmt_get_result().
An int representing the number of fetched rows. Returns 0 in unbuffered mode unless all rows have been fetched from the server.
Note:
If the number of rows is greater than
PHP_INT_MAX, the number will be returned as a string.
Example #1 Object-oriented style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name");
/* Get the number of rows in the result set */
$row_cnt = $result->num_rows;
printf("Result set has %d rows.\n", $row_cnt); Example #2 Procedural style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name");
/* Get the number of rows in the result set */
$row_cnt = mysqli_num_rows($result);
printf("Result set has %d rows.\n", $row_cnt); The above examples will output:
Result set has 239 rows.
Note:
In contrast to the mysqli_stmt_num_rows() function, this function doesn't have object-oriented method variant. In the object-oriented style, use the getter property.
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