PHP mysql_field_type() Function
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Definition and Usage
The mysql_field_type() function returns the type of a field
in a recordset.
Returns the type of the specified field on success, or FALSE on failure.
Syntax
mysql_field_type(data,field_offset)
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Parameter |
Description |
data |
Required. Specifies which data pointer to use. The data
pointer is the result from the mysql_query() function |
field_offset |
Required. Specifies which field to start on.
0 indicates the first field |
Example
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "peter", "abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db("test_db",$con);
$sql = "SELECT * from Person";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$con);
$type = mysql_field_type($result, 0);
echo $type;
mysql_close($con);
?>
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The output of the code above could be:
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