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PHP : Function Reference : MySQL Improved Extension : mysqli_field_count

mysqli_field_count

Returns the number of columns for the most recent query (PHP 5)
int mysqli_field_count ( mysqli link )

Example 1505. 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')");


$mysqli->real_query($HTTP_POST_VARS['query']);

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();
?>

Example 1506. 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, $HTTP_POST_VARS['query']);

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);
?>

Code Examples / Notes » mysqli_field_count

typer85

For those interested and to clarify the Manual Entry.
For query statements that are DESIGNED to return a result set of some sort, this function will always return the number of fields in the table that was queried.
I said DESIGNED because the return value has no effect on whether or not the actual query matched any rows or not.
For example, say I have a table that has 2 fields and only 10 rows. I issue the following query:
<?php
// Assume Connection Blah Blah.
mysqli_query( $connObject , "Select * From `table` Where `Id` > 1000");
// Get Number Of Fields.
mysqli_field_count( $connObject );
// Will Return 2 --> The Number of fields in the table!
?>
It is quite clear that the query itself will never return a result set because I asked it to return rows which have an Id over 1000 and there are only 10 rows.
But because the nature of the query itself is to return a result set, the field count is always returned no matter what.
In contrast, if the query does anything that does not return a result set by nature, such as an insert or update, the field count will always be 0.
Hence, you can easily determine the nature of this query dynamically using these return values.
Good Luck,
?>


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