Database getNumRows()

system/Database/BaseResult.php

@@ -137,6 +137,30 @@ public function getResult($type = 'object'): array
 		return $this->getCustomResultObject($type);
 	}
 
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+    	/**
+	 * Number of rows in the result set
+	 *
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	public function getNumRows()
+	{
+		if (is_int($this->numRows))
+		{
+			return $this->numRows;
+		}
+		elseif (count($this->getResultArray()) > 0)
+		{
+			return $this->numRows = count($this->getResultArray());
+		}
+		elseif (count($this->getResultObject()) > 0)
+		{
+			return $this->numRows = count($this->getResultObject());
+		}
+
+		return $this->numRows = count($this->getResultArray());
+	}
+
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**

system/Database/MySQLi/Result.php

@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ public function getFieldData(): array
 
 		return $retval;
 	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+    	/**
+	 * Number of rows in the result set
+	 *
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	public function getNumRows()
+	{
+		return is_int($this->numRows)
+			? $this->numRows
+			: $this->numRows = $this->resultID->num_rows;
+	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 

user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst

@@ -264,7 +264,16 @@ Example::
 *********************
 Result Helper Methods
 *********************
-
+
+**getNumRows()**
+
+The number of rows returned by the query.  Make sure to call
+the method using your query result object::
+
+	$query = $db->query('SELECT * FROM my_table');
+
+	echo $query->getNumRows();
+
 **getFieldCount()**
 
 The number of FIELDS (columns) returned by the query. Make sure to call
@@ -475,7 +484,16 @@ Class Reference
 
 		Returns the last row from the result set.
 
-	.. php:method:: getFieldCount()
+	.. php:method:: getNumRows()
+
+		:returns:	Number of rows in the result set
+		:rtype:	int
+
+		Returns the number of rows in the result set.
+
+		Usage: see `Result Helper Methods`_.
+
+    .. php:method:: getFieldCount()
 
 		:returns:	Number of fields in the result set
 		:rtype:	int