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 mixed fetch_field void The mysqli_fetch_field function is used to return the attributes of the next column in the result set represented by the result parameter as an object. When executed this function will return an object containing the attributes of the current column or &false; if there are no more columns in the result set. Returns an object which contains field definition informations or &false; if no field information 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_direct mysqli_fetch_fields mysqli_field_seek query( "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS friends"); $mysqli->query( "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))"); $mysqli->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut'), (2, 'Ulf')"); $result = $mysqli->query( "SELECT id, name FROM friends"); /* Get field information for all columns */ while ($finfo = $result->fetch_field()) { printf("Name: %s\n", $finfo->name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("Default: %s\n", $finfo->def); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); } $result->close(); $mysqli->close(); ?> ]]> name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("Default: %s\n", $finfo->def); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); } mysqli_free_result($result); mysqli_close($link); ?> ]]>