Prepared Statement Return Get Results & Count - php

Question

I am trying to get both the results of my query and the row count wihtout having to make two trips the the DB if possible. I am using prepared statements in a procedural way. My code is as follows:
$dbd = mysqli_stmt_init($dbconnection);
if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($dbd, "SELECT * FROM Contacts WHERE First_Name = ?" )) {
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($dbd, "s", $val1);
if (!mysqli_stmt_execute($dbd)) {
echo "Execute Error: " . mysqli_error($dbconnection);
} else {
//do nothing
}
} else {
echo "Prep Error: " . mysqli_error($dbconnection);
}
$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($dbd);
So the above code works just fine and returns my results. What I want to do now is get the row count using this same statement but i don't want to have to write a brand new prepared statement. If I writer a separate prepared statement and use store_results and num_rows I get the row count but that would force me to have to write an entire new block of code and trip to db. I am trying to do something as follows but It throws and error:
$dbd = mysqli_stmt_init($dbconnection);
if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($dbd, "SELECT * FROM Contacts WHERE First_Name = ?" )) {
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($dbd, "s", $val1);
if (!mysqli_stmt_execute($dbd)) {
echo "Execute Error: " . mysqli_error($dbconnection);
} else {
//do nothing
}
} else {
echo "Prep Error: " . mysqli_error($dbconnection);
}
$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($dbd);
mysqli_stmt_store_result($dbd);
$rows = mysqli_stmt_num_rows($dbd);
The throws and error as if i can't run both get results and store results using the same prepared statement. Im simply trying to keep my code compact and reuse as much as possible. If i break the above out into two separat prepared statements it works fine, Im just wondering there is a way to just add a line or two to my existing statement and get the row count. Or do i have to write an entire new block of code with new stmt_init, stmt_prepare, bind_param, execute, etc...

Answer 1

I tried your code (and reformatted it a bit), but I can't get it to work when I use both store_result() and get_result(). I can only use store_result then bind_result().
So the alternative is to fetch all the rows and then count them:
Example:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM Contacts WHERE First_Name = ?";
$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($dbconnection);
if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql) === false) {
trigger_error("Prep Error: " . mysqli_error($dbconnection));
return 1;
}
if (mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "s", $val1) === false) {
trigger_error("Bind Error: " . mysqli_stmt_error($stmt));
return 1;
}
if (mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt) === false) {
trigger_error("Execute Error: " . mysqli_stmt_error($stmt));
return 1;
}
$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
$rows = mysqli_fetch_all($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC);
$num_rows = count($rows);
print "$num_rows rows\n";
foreach ($rows as $row) {
print_r($row);
}
In my opinion, PDO is much easier:
$pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=test", "xxxx", "xxxxxxxx");
$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY, true);
$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM Contacts WHERE First_Name = ?";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute([$val1]);
$num_rows = $stmt->rowCount();
print "$num_rows rows\n";
while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
print_r($row);
}