You can call the mysql_row_tell() function to return the current position of the row cursor for a result set.
Syntax
MYSQL_ROW_OFFSET
mysql_row_tell(MYSQL_RES *result)
Return values
The current offset of the row cursor is returned.
Errors
None.
Return values
The current position of the cursor for the row returned by mysql_fetch_row() is returned. This value can be used as an argument of mysql_row_seek().
mysql_row_tell() is used only after mysql_store_result(), not after mysql_use_result().