mysqli_stmt $num_rows Property

The mysqli_stmt::$num_rows / mysqli_stmt::num_rows() / mysqli_stmt_num_rows() function is used to get the number of rows buffered in the statement. This function will only work after mysqli_stmt_store_result() is called to buffer the entire result set in the statement handle.

This function returns 0 unless all rows have been fetched from the server.

Syntax

//Object-oriented style
$mysqli_stmt->num_rows;
mysqli_stmt::num_rows();

//Procedural style
mysqli_stmt_num_rows(statement)

Parameters

statement Required. For procedural style only: Specify a mysqli_stmt object returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

Return Value

Returns an int representing the number of fetched rows. Returns 0 in unbuffered mode unless all rows have been fetched from the server.

Note: If the number of rows is greater than PHP_INT_MAX, the number will be returned as a string.

Example: Object-oriented style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_stmt::$num_rows property.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: ". $mysqli->connect_error;
  exit();
}

//preparing an SQL statement for execution
$query = "SELECT EmpID, Name, Age FROM Employee ORDER BY Age";
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare($query);

//executing the SQL statement
$stmt->execute();

//storing the result in an internal buffer
$stmt->store_result();

//getting the number of rows buffered in statement
printf("Number of rows: %d \n", $stmt->num_rows);
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Number of rows: 58

Example: Procedural style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_stmt_num_rows() function.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: ". mysqli_connect_error();
  exit();
}

//preparing an SQL statement for execution
$query = "SELECT EmpID, Name, Age FROM Employee ORDER BY Age";
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($mysqli, $query);

//executing the SQL statement
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

//storing the result in an internal buffer
mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt);

//getting the number of rows buffered in statement
printf("Number of rows: %d \n", mysqli_stmt_num_rows($stmt));
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Number of rows: 58

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