note 39623 added to function.mysql-data-seek

mysql_data_seek is nice to move the pointer to an absolute row number, but since it seems there is no function that returns the row number that the internal row pointer is currently pointing to, you can't move X rows forward or backward relative to the current row. You could keep track of that number yourself, but it would be easier to have a function (let's call it mysql_rownumber) return the current row number. A motivating example: I have a script that outputs blog entries and prints " * * * " after each, but I don't want that printed after the very last one on the page. I would like to have: if (mysql_rownumber($result) < mysql_num_rows($result)-1) print " * * * "; so that the asterisks don't get printed after the last. (Say mysql_num_rows returned 8; then mysql_rownumber would return 0-7 as the loop iterates thus the -1.) This would also be useful in determining whether the current row is odd or even, displaying data in columns, and probably some other uses. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-data-seek.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39623 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39623&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39623&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php