Posted by Webrickco on 07/27/07 13:24

On Jul 26, 3:03 pm, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 26 Jul, 14:20, Rik <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> | mysql_num_rows(), underneath the surface it is essentially the same
> as
> | FOUND_ROWS(), with the added bonus of getting an integer straight
> back.
>
> I don't think so Rik!
>
> mysql_num_rows() will tell you how many rows have been returned in
> this particular request.
>
> FOUND_ROWS() will tell you how many rows would have been returned if
> you did not have a LIMIT clause on the previous query and it also
> requires the previous query to have had SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS in it.
>
> SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS num FROM TABLE
>
> will return you the value of 0 for as many rows as there are in the
> table.

For compatibility purposes use something standard like select count.

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