mysqli_fetch_field result->fetch_field Returns the next field in the result set Procedural style: mixedmysqli_fetch_field objectresult Object oriented style (method): result mixedfetch_field The mysqli_fetch_field returns the definition of one column of a result set as an object. Call this function repeatedly to retrieve information about all columns in the result set. mysqli_fetch_field returns &false; when no more fields are left. Returns an object which contains field definition informations or &false; if no field information is available. Property 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_direct mysqli_fetch_fields mysqli_field_seek query($query)) { /* Get field information for all columns */ while ($finfo = $result->fetch_field()) { 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\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\n", $finfo->type); } mysqli_free_result($result); } /* close connection */ mysqli_close($link); ?> ]]> The above examples would produce the following output: