# ifx_affected_rows

(PHP 4, PHP 5 < 5.2.1)

ifx_affected_rows — Get number of rows affected by a query

### Description

ifx_affected_rows ( resource `$result_id` ) : int

Returns the number of rows affected by a query associated with `result_id`.

For inserts, updates and deletes the number is the real number (sqlerrd[2]) of affected rows. For selects it is an estimate (sqlerrd[0]). Don't rely on it. The database server can never return the actual number of rows that will be returned by a SELECT because it has not even begun fetching them at this stage (just after the "PREPARE" when the optimizer has determined the query plan).

Useful after ifx_prepare() to limit queries to reasonable result sets.

### Parameters

`result_id`

  A valid result id returned by ifx_query() or ifx_prepare().

### Return Values

Returns the number of rows as an integer.

### Examples

Example #1 Informix affected rows

`<?php
$rid = ifx_prepare("select * from emp
where name like " . $name, $connid);
if (! $rid) {
/* ... error ... */
}
$rowcount = ifx_affected_rows($rid);
if ($rowcount > 1000) {
printf ("Too many rows in result set (%d)\n<br />", $rowcount);
die ("Please restrict your query<br />\n");
}
?>`

### See Also

- ifx_num_rows() - Count the rows already fetched from a query