# mysqli_num_fields

# result->field_count

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result->field_count — Get the number of fields in a result

### Description

Procedural style:

int mysqli_num_fields ( mysqli_result `$result` )

Object oriented style (property):

mysqli_result
int$field_count;

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().

### Return Values

The number of fields from a result set.

### Examples

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();
?>`

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);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Result set has 5 fields.

### See Also

- mysqli_fetch_field()