Returns number of affected records (tuples)
$result
pg_affected_rows returns the number of tuples (instances/records/rows) affected by INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE queries.
Since PostgreSQL 9.0 and above, the server returns the number of SELECTed rows. Older PostgreSQL return 0 for SELECT.
Note: This function used to be called pg_cmdtuples.
Note:
This function used to be called pg_cmdtuples.
result
PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query, pg_query_params or pg_execute (among others).
The number of rows affected by the query. If no tuple is affected, it will return 0.
Example #1 pg_affected_rows example
<?php$result = pg_query($conn, "INSERT INTO authors VALUES ('Orwell', 2002, 'Animal Farm')");$cmdtuples = pg_affected_rows($result);echo $cmdtuples . " tuples are affected.\n";?>
The above example will output:
1 tuples are affected.