Title: $wpdb and $num_rows
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# $wpdb and $num_rows

 *  Resolved [davdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davdee/)
 * (@davdee)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpdb-and-num_rows/)
 * Just wondering if I am using this variable incorrectly?
 * After a wpdb call, I use it to get the number of rows returned, etc
 * << echo ‘Value of rows is: ‘ . $num_rows ; >>
 * But always nothing comes back; am I using it right?
    Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [davdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davdee/)
 * (@davdee)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpdb-and-num_rows/#post-5019839)
 * Solved I think. You must do a sql call (using $wpdb->num_rows) to get a value.

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