mysqli_result->field_count
mysqli_num_fields
(PHP 5)
mysqli_result->field_count -- mysqli_num_fields — Get the number of fields in a result
Description
Object oriented style
int $field_count;
Procedural style
int mysqli_result::mysqli_num_fields
( mysqli_result $result
)
Returns the number of fields from specified result set.
Parameters
- result
-
Procedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().
Return Values
The number of fields from a result set.
Examples
Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1")) {
/* determine number of fields in result set */
$field_cnt = $result->field_count;
printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
/* close result set */
$result->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1")) {
/* determine number of fields in result set */
$field_cnt = mysqli_num_fields($result);
printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
/* close result set */
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above examples will output:
Result set has 5 fields.