mysqli_field_count mysqli->field_count Returns the number of columns for the most recent query Procedural style: intmysqli_field_count objectlink Object oriented style (method): mysql int field_count 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. An integer representing the number of fields in a result set query( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS friends"); $mysqli->query( "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))"); $mysqli->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut'), (2, 'Ulf')"); $mysqli->real_query($HTTP_POST_VARS['query']); if (mysqli_field_count($link)) { /* this was a select/show or describe query */ $result = $mysqli->store_result(); /* process resultset */ $row = $result->fetch_row(); /* free resultset */ $result->close(); } /* close connection */ $mysqli->close(); ?> ]]> ]]>