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  <refentry id="function.dbase-numfields">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>dbase_numfields</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Find out how many fields are in a dBase database
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>dbase_numfields</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>dbase_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns the number of fields (columns) in the specified
     database. Field numbers are between 0 and dbase_numfields($db)-1,
     while record numbers are between 1 and dbase_numrecords($db).
     <example>
      <title>Using <function>dbase_numfields</function></title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$rec = dbase_get_record($db, $recno);
$nf  = dbase_numfields($db);
for ($i=0; $i < $nf; $i++) {
    echo $rec[$i]."<br />\n";
}

?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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