mysqli_result::$field_count
, mysqli_num_fields
mysqli_result::$field_count
mysqli_num_fields
Get the number of fields in a result
Description
Object oriented styleint mysqli_result->field_count ;
Procedural styleint 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
ormysqli_use_result
.
Return Values
The number of fields from a result set.
Examples
Example 20.194. 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(); ?>
Example 20.195. 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.
See Also
mysqli_fetch_field |