The mysqli_field_count() function returns the number of columns for the most recent query.
int $mysqli->field_count;
int mysqli_field_count ( mysqli $link )
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.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| link | Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init() |
An integer representing the number of fields in a result set.