MYSQLI_FETCH_FIELD_DIRECT(3)						 1					      MYSQLI_FETCH_FIELD_DIRECT(3)

mysqli_result::fetch_field_direct - Fetch meta-data for a single field

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       object mysqli_result::fetch_field_direct (int  $fieldnr)

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       object mysqli_fetch_field_direct (mysqli_result	$result, int  $fieldnr)

	Returns an object which contains field definition information from the specified result set.

PARAMETERS

	      o $
		result	 -Procedural   style   only:   A   result   set   identifier   returned   by  mysqli_query(3),	mysqli_store_result(3)	or
		mysqli_use_result(3).

	      o $fieldnr
		- The field number. This value must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1.

RETURN VALUES

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

       Object attributes

       +-----------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Attribute  |						       |
       |	   |						       |
       |	   |			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   |
       |	   |						       |
       |   def	   |						       |
       |	   |						       |
       |	   | The  default value for this field, represented as |
       |	   | a string					       |
       |	   |						       |
       |max_length |						       |
       |	   |						       |
       |	   | The maximum width of the  field  for  the	result |
       |	   | set.					       |
       |	   |						       |
       |  length   |						       |
       |	   |						       |
       |	   | The width of the field, as specified in the table |
       |	   | definition.				       |
       |	   |						       |
       |charsetnr  |						       |
       |	   |						       |
       |	   |	  The character set number 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 numeric fields)  |
       |	   |						       |
       +-----------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

	      $query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5";

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

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

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

		  $result->close();
	      }

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

       Example #2

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

	      $query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5";

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

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

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

		  mysqli_free_result($result);
	      }

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

	      The above examples will output:

	      Name:	SurfaceArea
	      Table:	Country
	      max. Len: 10
	      Flags:	32769
	      Type:	4

SEE ALSO

       mysqli_num_fields(3), mysqli_fetch_field(3), mysqli_fetch_fields(3).

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