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Jake
Jake

Reputation: 16877

mysql_query(): how to check whether any rows are updated in case of UPDATE SQL

I am using mysql_query() to execute UPDATE SQL on my table. I want to know whether the query has updated any row or not.

    // $query contains UPDATE SQL
$result = mysql_query($query, $connection);
if(!$result) {
    die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error());
}

I tried to check value of $result, but it always comes out to be 1 for both cases(0 or more than 0 rows updated).

Can anyone please help.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 781

Answers (3)

Jonathan Rich
Jonathan Rich

Reputation: 1738

Try using mysql_affected_rows().

Upvotes: 0

pilcrow
pilcrow

Reputation: 58711

For completeness, you may also find this answer in SQL via the ROW_COUNT() function, although mysql_affected_rows is better for this task.

Upvotes: 0

jli
jli

Reputation: 6623

Use mysql_affected_rows(). It returns the number of modified rows in the last query run.

$numRows = mysql_affected_rows($connection).

Upvotes: 5

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