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mysqli::$field_count
mysqli_field_count
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
mysqli::$field_count -- mysqli_field_count — Returns the number of columns for the most recent query
Description
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Returns the number of columns for the most recent query on the connection
represented by the link parameter. This function
can be useful when using the mysqli_store_result()
function to determine if the query should have produced a non-empty result
set or not without knowing the nature of the query.
Parameters
-
link -
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
Examples
Example #1 $mysqli->field_count example
Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
$mysqli->query( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS friends");
$mysqli->query( "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))");
$mysqli->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut'), (2, 'Ulf')");
$mysqli->real_query("SELECT * FROM friends");
if ($mysqli->field_count) {
/* this was a select/show or describe query */
$result = $mysqli->store_result();
/* process resultset */
$row = $result->fetch_row();
/* free resultset */
$result->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS friends");
mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))");
mysqli_query($link, "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut'), (2, 'Ulf')");
mysqli_real_query($link, "SELECT * FROM friends");
if (mysqli_field_count($link)) {
/* this was a select/show or describe query */
$result = mysqli_store_result($link);
/* process resultset */
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
/* free resultset */
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
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