mysqli_stmt->param_count

mysqli_stmt_param_count

(PHP 5)

mysqli_stmt_param_count — Returns the number of parameter for the given statement

Description

Object oriented style (property):

mysqli_stmt

int$param_count;

Procedural style:

int mysqli_stmt_param_count ( mysqli_stmt $stmt )

Returns the number of parameter markers present in the prepared statement.

Parameters

stmt: Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

Return Values

Returns an integer representing the number of parameters.

Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style


<?php

$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");



/* check connection */

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {

    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());

    exit();

}



if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT Name FROM Country WHERE Name=? OR Code=?")) {



    $marker = $stmt->param_count;

    printf("Statement has %d markers.\n", $marker);



    /* close statement */

    $stmt->close();

}



/* close connection */

$mysqli->close();

?>

Example #2 Procedural style


<?php

$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");



/* check connection */

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {

    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());

    exit();

}



if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT Name FROM Country WHERE Name=? OR Code=?")) {



    $marker = mysqli_stmt_param_count($stmt);

    printf("Statement has %d markers.\n", $marker);



    /* close statement */

    mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);

}



/* close connection */

mysqli_close($link);

?>

The above example will output:

Statement has 2 markers.