Get number of fields in result mysql_list_tables mysql_num_rows MySQL Functions PHP Manual mysql_num_fields (PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)mysql_num_fields — Get number of fields in result Description int mysql_num_fields ( resource $result ) Retrieves the number of fields from a query. Parameters result The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query(). Return Values Returns the number of fields in the result set resource on success, or FALSE on failure. Examples Example #1 A mysql_num_fields() example <?php$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");if (!$result) { echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error(); exit;}/* returns 2 because id,email === two fields */echo mysql_num_fields($result);?> Notes Note: For backward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_numfields() See Also mysql_select_db() mysql_query() mysql_fetch_field() mysql_num_rows() mysql_list_tables mysql_num_rows MySQL Functions PHP Manual
