mysql_num_fields
    (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
mysql_num_fields -- Get number of fields in result
Description
int 
mysql_num_fields ( resource result )
   Retrieves the number of fields from a query.
  
Return Values
   Returns the number of fields in the result set resource on
   success, or FALSE on failure.
  
Examples
   
Example 1. A mysql_num_fields() example 
<?php $result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'"); if (!$result) {     echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();     exit; }
  /* returns 2 because id,email === two fields */ echo mysql_num_fields($result); ?>
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  Notes
Note: 
    For downward compatibility, the following 
deprecated alias may be used: 
    mysql_numfields()