mysqli_fetch_field_direct result->fetch_field_direct Fetch meta-data for a single field Procedural style: mixedmysqli_fetch_field_direct objectresult intfieldnr Object oriented style (method): result mixed fetch_field_direct intfieldnr mysqli_fetch_field_direct returns an object which contains field definition informations from specified resultset. The value of fieldnr must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1. Returns an object which contains field definition informations or &false; if no field information for specified fieldnr is available. Attribute Description name The name of the column orgname Original column name if an alias was specified table The name of the table this field belongs to (if not calculated) orgtable Original table name if an alias was specified def The default value for this field, represented as a string max_length The maximum width of the field for the result set. flags An integer representing the bit-flags for the field. type The data type used for this field decimals The number of decimals used (for integer fields) mysqli_num_fields mysqli_fetch_field mysqli_fetch_fields query($query)) { /* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */ $finfo = $result->fetch_field_direct(1); printf("Name: %s\n", $finfo->name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); $result->close(); } /* close connection */ $mysqli->close(); ?> ]]> name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); mysqli_free_result($result); } /* close connection */ mysqli_close($link); ?> ]]> The above examples would produce the following output: