mysqli_fetch_field_direct() - mysqli

The mysqli_fetch_field_direct() function returns meta-data for a single field (column) in the result set, as an object.

Syntax

mysqli_fetch_field_direct(result,fieldnr);

Example

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

$sql="SELECT Lastname,Age FROM Persons ORDER BY Lastname";

if ($result=mysqli_query($con,$sql))
  {
  // Get field information for "Age"
  $fieldinfo=mysqli_fetch_field_direct($result,1);

  printf("Name: %s\n",$fieldinfo->name);
  printf("Table: %s\n",$fieldinfo->table);
  printf("max. Len: %d\n",$fieldinfo->max_length);

  // Free result set
  mysqli_free_result($result);
}

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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