note 58744 added to function.mysql-num-rows

here is a really fast mysql_num_rows alternative that makes use of the SELECT FOUND_ROWS() MySQL function , it only reads a single row and it is really helpfull if you are counting multiple tables with thousands of rows <?php function get_rows ($table) { $temp = mysql_query("SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM $table LIMIT 1"); $result = mysql_query("SELECT FOUND_ROWS()"); $total = mysql_fetch_row($result); return $total[0]; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-num-rows.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58744 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58744&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58744&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php