mysqli_data_seek result->data_seek Adjusts the result pointer to an arbitary row in the result Description Procedural style: boolmysqli_data_seek objectresult intoffset Object oriented style (method): result bool data_seek intoffset The mysqli_data_seek function seeks to an arbitrary result pointer specified by the offset in the result set represented by result. The offset parameter must be between zero and the total number of rows minus one (0..mysqli_num_rows - 1). This function can only be used with unbuffered results attained from the use of the mysqli_store_result or mysqli_query functions. Return values &return.success; Example Using the mysqli_data_seek function 0) { // there is at least one row /* Get the last employee */ mysqli_data_seek($rows, mysqli_num_rows($result) -1); $employee = mysqli_fetch_row($rows); printf ("Employee name : %s\n", $employee[0]); } mysqli_free_result($rows); mysqli_close($link); ?> ]]> See also mysqli_store_result, mysqli_fetch_row, mysqli_num_rows.