mysqli_result::fetch_field_direct
mysqli_fetch_field_direct
Fetch meta-data for a single field
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objectmysqli_result::fetch_field_direct
intfieldnr
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objectmysqli_fetch_field_direct
mysqli_resultresult
intfieldnr
Returns an object which contains field definition information from the
specified result set.
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fieldnr
The field number. This value must be in the range from
0 to number of fields - 1.
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Returns an object which contains field definition information or &false;
if no field information for specified fieldnr is
available.
Object attributes
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.
length
The width of the field, as specified in the table definition.
charsetnr
The character set number for the field.
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)
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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();
?>
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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);
?>
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mysqli_num_fields
mysqli_fetch_field
mysqli_fetch_fields