How do I detect the last iteration in while loop - php

Question

I tried doing this first:
$e = 0;
$objectsid = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM xw_char_items WHERE CharId = '$charid' AND ItemCat = 'object' ORDER BY SortOrder ASC");
while($obj = mysql_fetch_array($objectsid)) {
$e++;
if($e==9) break;
$objectsinfo = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM xw_objects WHERE ItemId = '{$obj["ItemId"]}'");
$object = mysql_fetch_array($objectsinfo);
echo "&charid$e={$char["Id"]}";
if($objectsid == end($obj)) {
echo "&intActiveObject=1";
echo "&intObjectsNum=$e";
}
}
Here it never detects the last one. I also tried this:
$e = 0;
$len = count($objectsid));
while($obj = mysql_fetch_array($objectsid)) {
$e++;
if($e==9) break;
$objectsinfo = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM xw_objects WHERE ItemId = '{$obj["ItemId"]}'");
$object = mysql_fetch_array($objectsinfo);
mysql_free_result($objectsinfo);
echo "&charid$e={$char["Id"]}";
if ($e == $len - 1) {
echo "&intActiveObject=1";
echo "&intObjectsNum=$e";
}
}
Here it detects every iteration as the last one.
Does anyone how to make it detect the last iteration?

Answer 1

The $objectsid variable is storing the mysql_result object not the array of your fetched rows. So even if you apply count($objectsid), you will not get the length of your fetched array.
So the right method is to use mysql_num_rows().
So Simply do this $len=mysql_num_rows($objectsid); and the rest will workout as you are expecting. :)