(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Fetch meta-data for a single field
object mysqli_result::fetch_field_direct ( int $fieldnr )
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Returns an object which contains field definition information from the specified result set.
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.
Returns:
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 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 numeric fields) |
Examples:
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(); ?>
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 examples will output:
Name: SurfaceArea Table: Country max. Len: 10 Flags: 32769 Type: 4
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