Req #55152 [Com]: Mysql relative seek

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55152&edit=1 ID: 55152 Comment by: lenzai2004-dev at yahoo dot com Reported by: lenzai2004-dev at yahoo dot fr Summary: Mysql relative seek Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: MySQL related Operating System: all PHP Version: trunk-SVN-2011-07-06 (SVN) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Yes Indeed. Well if mysql API is considered deprecated in PHP 5 the I should drop my request. If not, I believe it is a nice a simple addition. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-08 18:12:17] kalle@php.net Hi, don't the mysqli module support this already, or with the MySQLi result iterator from 5.4? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-06 15:01:55] lenzai2004-dev at yahoo dot fr Description: ------------ There is currently a function to do absolute seek in Mysql API. When you need to to relative seek , you have to implement integer counter to keep track of the current cursor position. Then call seek here is a sample code: //iterating over rows for/while....{ mysql_fetch_xxxx(....); $current_row++; [...] // call relative seek $current_row+= $seek_offset; mysql_data_seek($id, $current_row); This quite simple but when the code gets complicated, it s easy to miss on $current_row update. The only only solution is to encapsulate php mysql function in additional abstraction layer to handle counter updates safely. I suppose the internal counter is already available in mysql module. What I am suggesting, is to expose this internal counter by adding a new function to mysql API. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55152&edit=1