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# mysqli_stmt_param_count

(PHP 5)

mysqli_stmt_param_count

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

stmt->param_count -- Returns the number of parameter for the given statement

## Description

Procedural style:

int mysqli_stmt_param_count ( mysqli_stmt stmt )

Object oriented style (property):

class mysqli_stmt {
int param_count
}

mysqli_stmt_param_count() returns the number of parameter markers present in the prepared statement.

## Return Values

returns an integer representing the number of parameters.

## See Also

mysqli_prepare().

## 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.

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