maxdb_fetch_field_direct

(PECL)

maxdb_fetch_field_direct

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

result->fetch_field_direct --  Fetch meta-data for a single field

Description

Procedural style:

mixed maxdb_fetch_field_direct ( resource result, int fieldnr )

Object oriented style (method):

class result {

mixed fetch_field_direct ( int fieldnr )

}

maxdb_fetch_field_direct() returns an resource which contains field definition informations from specified resultset. The value of fieldnr must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1.

Return values

Returns an resource which contains field definition informations or FALSE if no field information for specified fieldnr is available.

Table 1. Object attributes

AttributeDescription
nameThe name of the column
max_lengthThe maximum width of the field for the result set.
typeThe data type used for this field
decimalsThe number of decimals used (for integer fields)

See also

maxdb_num_fields() maxdb_fetch_field() maxdb_fetch_fields()

Example

Example 1. Object oriented style

<?php
$maxdb
= new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
   
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

$query = "SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name";

if (
$result = $maxdb->query($query)) {

   
/* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */
   
$finfo = $result->fetch_field_direct(1);

   
printf("Name:     %s\n", $finfo->name);
   
printf("Table:    %s\n", $finfo->table);
   
printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length);
   
printf("Flags:    %d\n", $finfo->flags);
   
printf("Type:     %d\n", $finfo->type);
   
   
$result->close();
}

/* close connection */
$maxdb->close();
?>

Example 2. Procedural style

<?php
$link
= maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
   
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

$query = "SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name";

if (
$result = maxdb_query($link, $query)) {

   
/* Get field information for column 'cno' */
   
$finfo = maxdb_fetch_field_direct($result, 1);

   
printf("Name:     %s\n", $finfo->name);
   
printf("Table:    %s\n", $finfo->table);
   
printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length);
   
printf("Flags:    %d\n", $finfo->flags);
   
printf("Type:     %d\n", $finfo->type);

   
maxdb_free_result($result);
}

/* close connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>

The above examples would produce the following output:

Name:     CNO
Table:
max. Len: 4
Flags:    -1
Type:     0