about count by sql

[abes_nitya]

hello, i have a problem "how to find the number of columns in a table" .......i mean 'how many columns a table have...?thanks.

[skym]

<?php$link = mysql_connect("localhost","***","***");$sql = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM yourdb.yourtable";$result = mysql_query($sql,$link);while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {echo "<pre>";print_r($row);echo "</pre>";}echo "Number of columns: ".mysql_num_rows($result);mysql_close($link);?>

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/show-columns.htmlhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/show.html