mysql max rows code example

Example 1: mysql num rows

//number of rows retrieved from a query
<?php

$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
mysql_select_db("database", $link);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table1", $link);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

echo "$num_rows Rows\n";

?>

Example 2: mysql find max value row

SELECT t1.*
FROM employees t1
INNER JOIN (
    SELECT id, max(salary) AS salary FROM employees GROUP BY id
) t2 ON t1.id = t2.id AND t1.salary = t2.salary;