dbase_numfields

Gets the number of fields of a database

&reftitle.description; `int` `dbase_numfields` `int` `dbase_identifier`

Gets 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)`.

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`dbase_identifier`

- The database link identifier, returned by `dbase_open` or `dbase_create`.

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The number of fields in the database, or &false; if an error occurs.

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### `dbase_numfields` Example

    <?php

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

    ?>

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- `dbase_numrecords`