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<refentry xml:id="mysqli-stmt.param-count" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mysqli_stmt::$param_count</refname>
  <refname>mysqli_stmt_param_count</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the number of parameters for the given statement</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>&style.oop;</para>
  <fieldsynopsis><type>int</type><varname linkend="mysqli-stmt.param-count">mysqli_stmt-&gt;param_count</varname></fieldsynopsis>
  <para>&style.procedural;</para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>mysqli_stmt_param_count</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>mysqli_stmt</type><parameter>statement</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the number of parameter markers present in the prepared statement.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &mysqli.stmt.description;
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an integer representing the number of parameters.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title>&style.oop;</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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();
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>&style.procedural;</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
   &examples.outputs;
   <screen>
<![CDATA[
Statement has 2 markers.
]]>
   </screen>
  </example>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mysqli_prepare</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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