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When to return correct number of rows in mysqli result?


Asked by Araceli Tate on Dec 08, 2021 FAQ



For unbuffered result sets, mysqli_num_rows () will not return the correct number of rows until all the rows in the result have been retrieved. Procedural style only: A mysqli_result object returned by mysqli_query (), mysqli_store_result () , mysqli_use_result () or mysqli_stmt_get_result (). Returns number of rows in the result set.
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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. For unbuffered result sets, mysqli_num_rows () will not return the correct number of rows until all the rows in the result have been retrieved.
And, This function returns 0 for unbuffered result sets unless all rows have been fetched from the server. 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.
In this manner,
mysql_num_rows ( resource $result ) : int. 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 mysql_affected_rows().
Thereof,
Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $result (where $result is a MySQL query set up using mysqli_query ()). It is a mandatory parameter and represents the result set returned by a fetch query in MySQL. Return Value: It returns the number of rows present in a result set.