php man page for sqlsrv_num_rows

SQLSRV_NUM_ROWS(3)														SQLSRV_NUM_ROWS(3)

sqlsrv_num_rows - Retrieves the number of rows in a result set

SYNOPSIS
       mixed sqlsrv_num_rows (resource	$stmt)

DESCRIPTION
	Retrieves the number of rows in a result set. This function requires that the statment resource be created with a static or keyset cursor.
       For more information, see sqlsrv_query(3), sqlsrv_prepare(3), or Specifying a Cursor Type and Selecting Rows in the Microsoft SQLSRV  docu-
       mentation.

PARAMETERS
	      o $stmt
		-  The	statement  for	which the row count is returned. The statment resource must be created with a static or keyset cursor. For
		more information, see sqlsrv_query(3), sqlsrv_prepare(3), or Specifying a Cursor Type and Selecting Rows in the  Microsoft  SQLSRV
		documentation.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns  the  number  of  rows retrieved on success and FALSE if an error occurred. If a forward cursor (the default) or dynamic cursor is
       used, FALSE is returned.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      sqlsrv_num_rows(3) example

	      <?php
	      $server = "serverNamesqlexpress";
	      $connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"dbName", "UID"=>"username", "PWD"=>"password" );
	      $conn = sqlsrv_connect( $server, $connectionInfo );

	      $sql = "SELECT * FROM Table_1";
	      $params = array();
	      $options =  array( "Scrollable" => SQLSRV_CURSOR_KEYSET );
	      $stmt = sqlsrv_query( $conn, $sql , $params, $options );

	      $row_count = sqlsrv_num_rows( $stmt );

	      if ($row_count === false)
		 echo "Error in retrieveing row count.";
	      else
		 echo $row_count;
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       sqlsrv_has_rows(3), sqlsrv_rows_affected(3).

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