mysqli_result::fetch_field
mysqli_fetch_field
Returns the next field in the result set
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objectmysqli_result::fetch_field
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objectmysqli_fetch_field
mysqli_resultresult
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.
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Returns an object which contains field definition information or &false;
if no field information is available.
Object properties
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
Reserved for default value, currently always ""
db
Database (since PHP 5.3.6)
catalog
The catalog name, always "def" (since PHP 5.3.6)
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($query)) {
/* Get field information for all columns */
while ($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();
?>
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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\n", $finfo->type);
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
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mysqli_num_fields
mysqli_fetch_field_direct
mysqli_fetch_fields
mysqli_field_seek