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<refentry id="function.pg-field-num">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>pg_field_num</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the field number of the named field</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>pg_field_num</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>field_name</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>pg_field_num</function> will return the number of the
   field number that corresponds to the
   <parameter>field_name</parameter> in the given PostgreSQL
   <parameter>result</parameter> resource.
  </para>
  <note>
   <para>
    This function used to be called <function>pg_fieldnum</function>.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by <function>pg_query</function>,
       <function>pg_query_params</function> or <function>pg_execute</function>
       (among others).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>field_name</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The name of the field.
       </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The field number (numbered from 0), or -1 on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Getting information about fields</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
  $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");

  $res = pg_query($dbconn, "select author, year, title from authors where author = 'Orwell'");
  
  echo "Column 'title' is field number: ", pg_field_num($res, 'title');
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Column 'title' is field number: 2
]]>
    </screen>
   </example> 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
  
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>pg_field_name</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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