mysqli_result::fetch_fields

mysqli_fetch_fields

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mysqli_result::fetch_fields -- mysqli_fetch_fieldsReturns an array of objects representing the fields in a result set

Description

Object-oriented style

public mysqli_result::fetch_fields(): array

Procedural style

mysqli_fetch_fields(mysqli_result $result): array

This function serves an identical purpose to the mysqli_fetch_field() function with the single difference that, instead of returning one object at a time for each field, the columns are returned as an array of objects.

Parameters

result

Procedural style only: A mysqli_result object returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result(), mysqli_use_result() or mysqli_stmt_get_result().

Return Values

Returns an array of objects containing field definition information.

Object properties
Property Description
name The name of the column
orgname Original column name if an alias was specified
table The name of the table this field belongs to (if not calculated)
orgtable Original table name if an alias was specified
max_length The maximum width of the field for the result set.
length The width of the field, in bytes, as specified in the table definition. Note that this number (bytes) might differ from your table definition value (characters), depending on the character set you use. For example, the character set utf8 has 3 bytes per character, so varchar(10) will return a length of 30 for utf8 (10*3), but return 10 for latin1 (10*1).
charsetnr The character set number (id) for the field.
flags An integer representing the bit-flags for the field.
type The data type used for this field
decimals The number of decimals used (for integer fields)

Examples

Example #1 Object-oriented style

<?php
$mysqli 
= new mysqli("127.0.0.1""root""foofoo""sakila");

/* check connection */
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    
printf("Connect failed: %s\n"$mysqli->connect_error);
    exit();
}

foreach (array(
'latin1''utf8') as $charset) {

    
// Set character set, to show its impact on some values (e.g., length in bytes)
    
$mysqli->set_charset($charset);

    
$query "SELECT actor_id, last_name from actor ORDER BY actor_id";

    echo 
"======================\n";
    echo 
"Character Set: $charset\n";
    echo 
"======================\n";
    
    if (
$result $mysqli->query($query)) {

        
/* Get field information for all columns */
        
$finfo $result->fetch_fields();

        foreach (
$finfo as $val) {
            
printf("Name:      %s\n",   $val->name);
            
printf("Table:     %s\n",   $val->table);
            
printf("Max. Len:  %d\n",   $val->max_length);
            
printf("Length:    %d\n",   $val->length);
            
printf("charsetnr: %d\n",   $val->charsetnr);
            
printf("Flags:     %d\n",   $val->flags);
            
printf("Type:      %d\n\n"$val->type);
        }
        
$result->free();
    }
}
$mysqli->close();
?>

Example #2 Procedural style

<?php
$link 
mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1""my_user""my_password""sakila");

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

foreach (array(
'latin1''utf8') as $charset) {

    
// Set character set, to show its impact on some values (e.g., length in bytes)
    
mysqli_set_charset($link$charset);

    
$query "SELECT actor_id, last_name from actor ORDER BY actor_id";

    echo 
"======================\n";
    echo 
"Character Set: $charset\n";
    echo 
"======================\n";

    if (
$result mysqli_query($link$query)) {

        
/* Get field information for all columns */
        
$finfo mysqli_fetch_fields($result);

        foreach (
$finfo as $val) {
            
printf("Name:      %s\n",   $val->name);
            
printf("Table:     %s\n",   $val->table);
            
printf("Max. Len:  %d\n",   $val->max_length);
            
printf("Length:    %d\n",   $val->length);
            
printf("charsetnr: %d\n",   $val->charsetnr);
            
printf("Flags:     %d\n",   $val->flags);
            
printf("Type:      %d\n\n"$val->type);
        }
        
mysqli_free_result($result);
    }
}

mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

======================
Character Set: latin1
======================
Name:      actor_id
Table:     actor
Max. Len:  3
Length:    5
charsetnr: 63
Flags:     49699
Type:      2

Name:      last_name
Table:     actor
Max. Len:  12
Length:    45
charsetnr: 8
Flags:     20489
Type:      253

======================
Character Set: utf8
======================
Name:      actor_id
Table:     actor
Max. Len:  3
Length:    5
charsetnr: 63
Flags:     49699
Type:      2

Name:      last_name
Table:     actor
Max. Len:  12
Length:    135
charsetnr: 33
Flags:     20489

See Also

Here you can write a comment


Please enter at least 10 characters.
Loading... Please wait.
* Pflichtangabe
There are no comments available yet.

PHP cURL Tutorial: Using cURL to Make HTTP Requests

cURL is a powerful PHP extension that allows you to communicate with different servers using various protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. ...

TheMax

Autor : TheMax
Category: PHP-Tutorials

Midjourney Tutorial - Instructions for beginners

There is an informative video about Midjourney, the tool for creating digital images using artificial intelligence, entitled "Midjourney tutorial in German - instructions for beginners" ...

Mike94

Autor : Mike94
Category: KI Tutorials

Basics of views in MySQL

Views in a MySQL database offer the option of creating a virtual table based on the result of an SQL query. This virtual table can be queried like a normal table without changing the underlying data. ...

admin

Autor : admin
Category: mySQL-Tutorials

Publish a tutorial

Share your knowledge with other developers worldwide

Share your knowledge with other developers worldwide

You are a professional in your field and want to share your knowledge, then sign up now and share it with our PHP community

learn more

Publish a tutorial