PHP SQL: Valores siempre aparecen como Enteros

[MMan]

Código PHP:

<?php 
require("phpsqlinfo_dbinfo.php");
 
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
 
$sql = "SELECT * FROM polygons";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
 
$cuenta=mysqli_num_rows($result);
echo "Numero total de valores: "   . $cuenta . "</br>";
 
while($row = $result->mysqli_fetch_assoc()) { 
 
echo $row["name"];
 
}
?>
 

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