note 85412 modified in function.mysql-data-seek by felipe

Here is a simple function to "peek" at the position of the internal pointer in a query result: <?php function mysql_pointer_position($result_set) { $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result_set); $i = 0; while($result = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)) { $i++; } $pointer_position = $num_rows - $i; //Return pointer to original position if($pointer_position <= $num_rows - 1) { mysql_data_seek($result_set, $pointer_position); } return $pointer_position; } ?> --was-- Here is a simple function to "peek" at the position of the internal pointer in a query result: function mysql_pointer_position($result_set) { $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result_set); $i = 0; while($result = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)) { $i++; } $pointer_position = $num_rows - $i; //Return pointer to original position if($pointer_position <= $num_rows - 1) { mysql_data_seek($result_set, $pointer_position); } return $pointer_position; } http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-data-seek.php