RE: [PHP] PHP function for listing number of columns in table
| From: | Tim Ward | Date: | Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:00:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] PHP function for listing number of columns in table | ||
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Just off the top of my head wouldn't describe then mysql_num_rows() be a lot
more efficient.
Tim Ward
www.chessish.com <http://www.chessish.com>
timward@chessish.com <mailto:timward@chessish.com>
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From: John Holmes [SMTP:holmes072000@charter.net]
Sent: 09 June 2002 18:29
To: webmaster@tececo.com; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP function for listing number of columns in
table
No. There is, however, a function that'll tell you how many columns
are
in a result set. So, if you select all columns, then you can use
that
function to find out how many columns are in the table.
www.php.net/mysql_num_fields
---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webmaster@tececo.com [mailto:webmaster@tececo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 12:54 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] PHP function for listing number of columns in table
>
> Pardon the probably stupid question but,
>
> Is there a PHP function for listing number of columns in a mySQL
table?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> JJ Harrison
> webmaster@tececo.com
> www.tececo.com