mssql_num_fields

Gets the number of fields in result

Warning

This function was REMOVED in PHP 7.0.0.

Alternatives to this function include:

  • PDOStatement::columnCount
  • sqlsrv_num_fields
  • odbc_num_fields

Description

int mssql_num_fields ( resource $result )

mssql_num_fields returns the number of fields in a result set.

Parameters

result

The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query.

Return Values

Returns the number of fields, as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 mssql_num_fields example

<?php
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
$link mssql_connect('KALLESPC\SQLEXPRESS''sa''phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php'$link);

// Select some data from our database
$data mssql_query('SELECT [name], [age] FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');

// Construct a table
echo '<table border="1">';

$header false;

// Iterate through returned results
while ($row mssql_fetch_array($data)) {
    
// Build the table header
    
if (!$header) {
        echo 
'<thead>';
        echo 
'<tr>';

        for (
$i 1; ($i 1) <= mssql_num_fields($data); ++$i) {
            echo 
'<td>' ucfirst($row[$i]) . '</td>';
        }

        echo 
'</tr>';
        echo 
'</thead>';
        echo 
'<tbody>';

        
$header true;
    }

    
// Build the row
    
echo '<tr>';

    foreach(
$row as $value) {
        echo 
'<td>' $value '</td>';
    }

    echo 
'</tr>';
}

// Close table
echo '</tbody>';
echo 
'</table>';

// Clean up
mssql_free_result($data);
mssql_close($link);
?>

See Also

  • mssql_query
  • mssql_fetch_field
  • mssql_num_rows