mysqli_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, object

Question

This is my first experience with mysqli. It seems to be looking for the name of a result set in between the parentheses in mysqli_num_rows(). Yet when I tried $stmt, $conn,

Answer 1

mysqli_num_rows takes the query result as a parameter http://us.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-result.num-rows.php

You could also use it in an OOP style as $result->num_rows;