mysqli_result::$field_count

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get the number of fields in a result

int mysqli_num_fields ( mysqli_result $result )

Object oriented style

int $mysqli_result->field_count;

Procedural style

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().

Returns:

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.