mysql_field_type

Description

mysql_field_type() is similar to the mysql_field_name() function. The arguments are identical, but the field type is returned instead. The field type will be one of "int", "real", "string", "blob", and others as detailed in the MySQL documentation.

Example 1. MySQL field types <?php mysql_connect("localhost:3306"); mysql_select_db("wisconsin"); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM onek"); $fields = mysql_num_fields($result); $rows = mysql_num_rows($result); $i = 0; $table = mysql_field_table($result, $i); echo "Your '".$table."' table has ".$fields." fields and ".$rows." records <BR>"; echo "The table has the following fields <BR>"; while ($i < $fields) { $type = mysql_field_type($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."<BR>"; $i++; } mysql_close(); ?>

For downward compatibility mysql_fieldtype() can also be used. This is deprecated, however.