mysqli_num_rows
    (PHP 5)
mysqli_num_rows -- 
     Gets the number of rows in a result
    
Description
Procedural style:
int 
mysqli_num_rows ( mysqli_result result )
Object oriented style (property):
class 
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.
     
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(); ?>
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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); ?>
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The above example will output: