`mysql_field_type`

mysql_field_type
Get the type of the specified field in a result

Description

string mysql_field_type(resource result,


int field_offset);

mysql-field-type is similar to the mysql_field_name function. The arguments are identical, but the field type is returned instead.

Parameters

result: The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query.
field_offset: The numerical field offset. The field_offset starts at 0. If field_offset does not exist, an error of level E_WARNING is also issued.

Return Values

The returned field type will be one of 'int', 'real', 'string', 'blob', and others as detailed in the MySQL documentation.

Examples

Example 20.45. mysql_field_type example

<?php mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_username', 'mysql_password');
mysql_select_db('mysql');
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM func');
$fields = mysql_num_fields($result);
$rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
$table = mysql_field_table($result, 0);
echo 'Your '' . $table . '' table has ' . $fields . ' fields and ' . $rows . ' record(s)\n';
echo 'The table has the following fields:\n';
for ($i=0; $i < $fields; $i++) {
 $type = mysql_field_type($result, $i);
 $name = mysql_field_name($result, $i);
 $len = mysql_field_len($result, $i);
 $flags = mysql_field_flags($result, $i);
 echo $type . ' ' . $name . ' ' . $len . ' ' . $flags . '\n';
}
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close();
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Your 'func' table has 4 fields and 1 record(s)
The table has the following fields:
string name 64 not_null primary_key binary int ret 1 not_null string dl 128 not_null string type 9 not_null enum

Notes

Note

For backward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_fieldtype