dbase_numrecords

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Gets the number of records in a database

int dbase_numrecords ( int $dbase_identifier )

Gets the number of records (rows) in the specified database.

Note:

Record numbers are between 1 and dbase_numrecords($db), while field numbers are between 0 and dbase_numfields($db)-1.

Parameters:

dbase_identifier

The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open() or dbase_create().

Returns:

The number of records in the database, or FALSE if an error occurs.

Examples:

Looping over all the records of the database

<?php
 
// open in read-only mode
$db = dbase_open('/tmp/test.dbf', 0);
 
if ($db) {
  $record_numbers = dbase_numrecords($db);
  for ($i = 1; $i <= $record_numbers; $i++) {
      // do something here, for each record
  }
}
 
?>