ifx_num_fields

function print_error($text) {
   echo "There was an error reported by the database.\n";
   echo "Error reported was: $text";
   die();
}

$conn = @ifx_connect("stores7@demo_se", "testuser", "password");

if (!$result = @ifx_query("SELECT * FROM items", $conn)) {
   print_error(ifx_errormsg());
   
} else {
   $columns = ifx_num_fields($result);
   $rows = ifx_affected_rows($result);
   
   echo "Number of rows in query: $rows <BR>\n";
   echo "Number of fields per row: $columns";
}

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