mysqli_fetch_field_direct result->fetch_field_direct() Fetch meta-data for a single field &reftitle.description; Procedural style: objectmysqli_fetch_field_direct mysqli_resultresult intfieldnr Object oriented style (method): mysqli_result objectfetch_field_direct intfieldnr Returns an object which contains field definition informations from specified resultset. &reftitle.parameters; &mysqli.result.description; fieldnr The field number. This value must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns an object which contains field definition information or &false; if no field information for specified fieldnr 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. length The width of the field, as specified in the tabl 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) &reftitle.examples; 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(); ?> ]]> 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); ?> ]]> &example.outputs; &reftitle.seealso; mysqli_num_fields mysqli_fetch_field mysqli_fetch_fields