oci_num_rows

Returns number of rows affected during statement execution

&reftitle.description; ``int``false```oci_num_rows` `resource` `statement`

Gets the number of rows affected during statement execution.

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`statement`

- A valid OCI statement identifier.

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Returns the number of rows affected as an integer,&return.falseforfailure;

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### `oci_num_rows` example

    <?php

    $conn = oci_connect("hr", "hrpwd", "localhost/XE");
    if (!$conn) {
        $m = oci_error();
        trigger_error(htmlentities($m['message']), E_USER_ERROR);
    }

    $stid = oci_parse($conn, "create table emp2 as select * from employees");
    oci_execute($stid);
    echo oci_num_rows($stid) . " rows inserted.<br />\n";
    oci_free_statement($stid);

    $stid = oci_parse($conn, "delete from emp2");
    oci_execute($stid, OCI_DEFAULT);
    echo oci_num_rows($stid) . " rows deleted.<br />\n";
    oci_commit($conn);
    oci_free_statement($stid);

    $stid = oci_parse($conn, "drop table emp2");
    oci_execute($stid);
    oci_free_statement($stid);

    oci_close($conn);

    ?>

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This function does not return number of rows selected! For SELECT statements this function will return the number of rows, that were fetched to the buffer with `oci_fetch*` functions.