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mysqli_result::$field_count

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Gets the number of fields in the result set

Description

Oop

intmysqli_result->field_count

Procedural

mysqli_num_fields(mysqli_result $result): int

Returns the number of fields in the result set.

Parameters

Return Values

An int representing the number of fields.

Examples

Oop

php
<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Name, CountryCode, District, Population FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1");

/* Get the number of fields in the result set */
$field_cnt = $result->field_count;

printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);

Procedural

php
<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Name, CountryCode, District, Population FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1");

/* Get the number of fields in the result set */
$field_cnt = mysqli_num_fields($result);

printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);

Outputs

output
Result set has 4 fields.

See Also

Source: reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/field-count.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)