mysqli_num_fields
    (PHP 5)
mysqli_num_fields
    (no version information, might be only in CVS)
result->field_count -- 
     Get the number of fields in a result
    
Description
Procedural style:
int 
mysqli_num_fields ( object result)
Object oriented style (property):
class 
result { 
int field_count
}
      mysqli_num_fields() returns the number of fields from specified result set.
     
Return Values
The number of fields from a result set
Example
Example 1. 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(); ?>
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Example 2. 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); ?>
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     The above examples would produce the following output: