mysqli_fetch_field_direct
result->fetch_field_direct()
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result->fetch_field_direct() — Fetch meta-data for a single field
Description
Procedural style:
object mysqli_fetch_field_direct
( mysqli_result $result
, int $fieldnr
)
Object oriented style (method):
mysqli_result
object fetch_field_direct
( int $fieldnr
)
Returns an object which contains field definition informations from specified resultset.
Parameters
- result
-
Procedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().
- fieldnr
-
The field number. This value must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1.
Return Values
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) |
Examples
Example#1 Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5";
if ($result = $mysqli->query($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();
?>
Example#2 Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5";
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, $query)) {
/* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */
$finfo = mysqli_fetch_field_direct($result, 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", $finfo->type);
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above example will output:
Name: SurfaceArea Table: Country max. Len: 10 Flags: 32769 Type: 4