ifx_fieldproperties

(PHP 4, PHP <=5.2.0)

List of SQL fieldproperties

array ifx_fieldproperties ( resource $result_id )

Returns the Informix SQL fieldproperties of every field in the query as an associative array. Properties are encoded as: "SQLTYPE;length;precision;scale;ISNULLABLE" where SQLTYPE = the Informix type like "SQLVCHAR" etc. and ISNULLABLE = "Y" or "N".

Parameters:

result_id

result_id is a valid resultid returned by ifx_query() or ifx_prepare() (select type queries only!).

Returns:

Returns an associative array with fieldnames as key and the SQL fieldproperties as data for a query with result_id. Returns FALSE on errors.

Examples:

Informix SQL fieldproperties

<?php
$properties = ifx_fieldproperties($resultid);
if (!isset($properties)) {
    /* ... error ... */
}
foreach ($properties as $fname => $val) {
    echo "$fname:\t property = $val\n";
}
?>