Retrieves the number of rows from a result set. This command is only valid for statements like SELECT or SHOW that return an actual result set. To retrieve the number of rows affected by a INSERT, UPDATE, REPLACE or DELETE query, use mysql_affected_rows().
Parameters
result
The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query().
Return Values
The number of rows in a result set on success or FALSE on failure.