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pg_num_rows

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_num_rows — Returns the number of rows in a result

Description

int pg_num_rows ( resource $result )

pg_num_rows() will return the number of rows in a PostgreSQL result resource.

Note: This function used to be called pg_numrows().

Parameters

result

PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(), pg_query_params() or pg_execute() (among others).

Return Values

The number of rows in the result. On error, -1 is returned.

Examples

Example #1 pg_num_rows() example

<?php
$result 
pg_query($conn"SELECT 1");

$rows pg_num_rows($result);

echo 
$rows " row(s) returned.\n";
?>

The above example will output:

1 row(s) returned.



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pg_num_rows
francisco at natserv dot com
07-Jan-2008 08:26
Not sure why this documentation doesn't have the following note:
Note: Use pg_affected_rows() to get number of rows affected by INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE query.

Found on other resources. Adding here in case someone else is looking for the info.

pg_options> <pg_num_fields
Last updated: Fri, 18 Jul 2008
 
 
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