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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst index e0a87a851..c52fe9b19 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ There are several ways to generate query results: result() ======== -This function returns the query result as an array of **objects**, or +This method returns the query result as an array of **objects**, or **an empty array** on failure. Typically you'll use this in a foreach loop, like this:: @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ loop, like this:: echo $row->body; } -The above function is an alias of result_object(). +The above method is an alias of result_object(). If you run queries that might **not** produce a result, you are encouraged to test the result first:: @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ instantiate for each result object (note: this class must be loaded) result_array() =============== -This function returns the query result as a pure array, or an empty +This method returns the query result as a pure array, or an empty array when no result is produced. Typically you'll use this in a foreach loop, like this:: @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ loop, like this:: row() ===== -This function returns a single result row. If your query has more than +This method returns a single result row. If your query has more than one row, it returns only the first row. The result is returned as an **object**. Here's a usage example:: @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ to instantiate the row with:: row_array() =========== -Identical to the above row() function, except it returns an array. +Identical to the above row() method, except it returns an array. Example:: $query = $this->db->query("YOUR QUERY"); @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ parameter: | **$row = $query->next_row('array')** | **$row = $query->previous_row('array')** -.. note:: all the functions above will load the whole result into memory (prefetching) use unbuffered_row() for processing large result sets. +.. note:: all the methods above will load the whole result into memory (prefetching) use unbuffered_row() for processing large result sets. unbuffered_row() ================ @@ -163,12 +163,11 @@ the returned value's type:: $query->unbuffered_row('object'); // object $query->unbuffered_row('array'); // associative array -*********************** -Result Helper Functions -*********************** +********************* +Result Helper Methods +********************* -$query->num_rows() -================== +**$query->num_rows()** The number of rows returned by the query. Note: In this example, $query is the variable that the query result object is assigned to:: @@ -181,20 +180,18 @@ is the variable that the query result object is assigned to:: Not all database drivers have a native way of getting the total number of rows for a result set. When this is the case, all of the data is prefetched and count() is manually called on the - resulting array in order to achieve the same functionality. + resulting array in order to achieve the same methodality. -$query->num_fields() -==================== +**$query->num_fields()** The number of FIELDS (columns) returned by the query. Make sure to call -the function using your query result object:: +the method using your query result object:: $query = $this->db->query('SELECT * FROM my_table'); echo $query->num_fields(); -$query->free_result() -===================== +**$query->free_result()** It frees the memory associated with the result and deletes the result resource ID. Normally PHP frees its memory automatically at the end of @@ -217,8 +214,7 @@ Example:: echo $row->name; $query2->free_result(); // The $query2 result object will no longer be available -data_seek() -=========== +**data_seek()** This method sets the internal pointer for the next result row to be fetched. It is only useful in combination with ``unbuffered_row()``. |