php man page for pg_num_rows

PG_NUM_ROWS(3)															    PG_NUM_ROWS(3)

pg_num_rows - Returns the number of rows in a result

SYNOPSIS
       int pg_num_rows (resource  $result)

DESCRIPTION
       pg_num_rows(3) will return the number of rows in a PostgreSQL result resource.

       Note

	       This function used to be called pg_numrows(3).

PARAMETERS
	      o $result
		- PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(3), pg_query_params(3) or pg_execute(3) (among others).

RETURN VALUES
	The number of rows in the result. On error, -1 is returned.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      pg_num_rows(3) example

	      <?php
	      $result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT 1");

	      $rows = pg_num_rows($result);

	      echo $rows . " row(s) returned.
";
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      1 row(s) returned.

SEE ALSO
       pg_num_fields(3), pg_affected_rows(3).

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