I have built a class which leverages the abilities of PHP's built-in MySQLi class, and it is intended to simplify database interaction. However, using an OOP approach, I am having a difficult time with the num_rows instance variable returning the correct number of rows after a query is run. Take a look at a snapshot of my class...
class Database {
//Connect to the database, all goes well ...
//Run a basic query on the database
public function query($query) {
//Run a query on the database an make sure is executed successfully
try {
//$this->connection->query uses MySQLi's built-in query method, not this one
if ($result = $this->connection->query($query, MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)) {
return $result;
} else {
$error = debug_backtrace();
throw new Exception(/* A long error message is thrown here */);
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
$this->connection->close();
die($e->getMessage());
}
}
//More methods, nothing of interest ...
}
Here is a sample usage:
$db = new Database();
$result = $db->query("SELECT * FROM `pages`"); //Contains at least one entry
echo $result->num_rows; //Returns "0"
exit;
How come this is not accurate? Other values from result object are accurate, such as "field_count". Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Possible Bug: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-result.num-rows.php#104630
Code is from source above (Johan Abildskov):
$sql = "valid select statement that yields results";
if($result = mysqli-connection->query($sql, MYSQLI_USE_RESULT))
{
echo $result->num_rows; //zero
while($row = $result->fetch_row())
{
echo $result->num_rows; //incrementing by one each time
}
echo $result->num_rows; // Finally the total count
}
Could also validate with the Procedural style:
/* determine number of rows result set */
$row_cnt = mysqli_num_rows($result);