Mssql Functions
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mssql_num_rows

Gets the number of rows in result

Warning

This function was REMOVED in PHP 7.0.0.

Alternatives to this function include:

  • PDOStatement::rowCount
  • sqlsrv_num_rows
  • odbc_num_rows

Description

int mssql_num_rows ( resource $result )

mssql_num_rows returns the number of rows in a result set.

Parameters

result

The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query.

Return Values

Returns the number of rows, as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 mssql_num_rows example

<?php
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
$link = mssql_connect('KALLESPC\SQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php');

// Select all our records from a table
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');

echo 'Total records in database: ' . mssql_num_rows($query);

// Clean up
mssql_free_result($query);
?>

See Also

  • mssql_query
  • mssql_fetch_row