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<refentry xml:id="function.mssql-num-fields" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mssql_num_fields</refname>
  <refpurpose>Gets the number of fields in result</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>mssql_num_fields</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>mssql_num_fields</function> returns the number of
   fields in a result set.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a
       call to <function>mssql_query</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the number of fields, as an integer.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mssql_num_fields</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mssql_query</function></member>
    <member><function>mssql_fetch_field</function></member>
    <member><function>mssql_num_rows</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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