# mysqli_num_rows

# result->num_rows

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result->num_rows — Gets the number of rows in a result

### Description

Procedural style:

int mysqli_num_rows ( mysqli_result `$result` )

Object oriented style (property):

mysqli_result
int$num_rows;

Returns the number of rows in the result set.

The use of mysqli_num_rows() depends on whether you use buffered or unbuffered result sets. In case you use unbuffered resultsets mysqli_num_rows() will not correct the correct number of rows until all the rows in the result have been retrieved.

### Parameters

`result`

  Procedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().

### Return Values

Returns number of rows in the result set.

> Note: If the number of rows is greater than maximal int value, the number will be returned as a string.

### Examples

Example#1 Object oriented style

`<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name")) {
/* determine number of rows result set */
$row_cnt = $result->num_rows;
printf("Result set has %d rows.\n", $row_cnt);
/* close result set */
$result->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>`

Example#2 Procedural style

`<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name")) {
/* determine number of rows result set */
$row_cnt = mysqli_num_rows($result);
printf("Result set has %d rows.\n", $row_cnt);
/* close result set */
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Result set has 239 rows.

### See Also

- mysqli_affected_rows()
- mysqli_store_result()
- mysqli_use_result()
- mysqli_query()