fbsql_field_type

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get the type of the specified field in a result

string fbsql_field_type ( resource $result [, int $field_offset ] )

fbsql_field_type() is similar to the fbsql_field_name() function, but the field type is returned instead.

Parameters:

result

A result identifier returned by fbsql_query() or fbsql_db_query().

field_offset

The numerical offset of the field. The field index starts at 0.

Returns:

Returns the field type, as a string.

This can be one of int, real, string, blob, and others as detailed in the » FrontBase documentation.

Examples:

fbsql_field_type() example

<?php
 
fbsql_connect("localhost", "_SYSTEM", "");
fbsql_select_db("wisconsin");
$result = fbsql_query("SELECT * FROM onek;");
$fields = fbsql_num_fields($result);
$rows   = fbsql_num_rows($result);
$i = 0;
$table = fbsql_field_table($result, $i);
echo "Your '" . $table . "' table has " . $fields . " fields and " . $rows . " records <br />";
echo "The table has the following fields <br />";
while ($i < $fields) {
    $type  = fbsql_field_type($result, $i);
    $name  = fbsql_field_name($result, $i);
    $len   = fbsql_field_len($result, $i);
    $flags = fbsql_field_flags($result, $i);
    echo $type . " " . $name . " " . $len . " " . $flags . "<br />";
    $i++;
}
fbsql_close();
 
?>