dbase_numfields

Gets the number of fields of a database

Description

int dbase_numfields ( resource $dbase_identifier )

Gets the number of fields (columns) in the specified database.

Note:

Field numbers are between 0 and dbase_numfields($db)-1, while record numbers are between 1 and dbase_numrecords($db).

Parameters

dbase_identifier

The database link identifier, returned by dbase_open or dbase_create.

Return Values

The number of fields in the database, or FALSE if an error occurs.

Changelog

Version Description
dbase 7.0.0 dbase_identifier is now a resource instead of an int.

Examples

Example #1 dbase_numfields Example

<?php

$rec 
dbase_get_record($db$recno);
$nf  dbase_numfields($db);
for (
$i 0$i $nf$i++) {
  echo 
$rec[$i], "\n";
}

?>

See Also

  • dbase_numrecords