php man page for fbsql_field_type

FBSQL_FIELD_TYPE(3)							 1						       FBSQL_FIELD_TYPE(3)

fbsql_field_type - Get the type of the specified field in a result

SYNOPSIS
       string fbsql_field_type (resource  $result, [int  $field_offset])

DESCRIPTION
       fbsql_field_type(3) is similar to the fbsql_field_name(3) function, but the field type is returned instead.

PARAMETERS
	      o $
		result -A result identifier returned by fbsql_query(3) or fbsql_db_query(3).

	      o $field_offset
		- The numerical offset of the field. The field index starts at 0.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the field type, as a string.

	This can be one of int, real, string, blob, and others as detailed in the FrontBase documentation.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      fbsql_field_type(3) example

	      <?php

	      fbsql_connect("localhost", "_SYSTEM", "");
	      fbsql_select_db("wisconsin");
	      $result = fbsql_query("SELECT * FROM onek;");
	      $fields = fbsql_num_fields($result);
	      $rows   = fbsql_num_rows($result);
	      $i = 0;
	      $table = fbsql_field_table($result, $i);
	      echo "Your '" . $table . "' table has " . $fields . " fields and " . $rows . " records <br />";
	      echo "The table has the following fields <br />";
	      while ($i < $fields) {
		  $type  = fbsql_field_type($result, $i);
		  $name  = fbsql_field_name($result, $i);
		  $len	 = fbsql_field_len($result, $i);
		  $flags = fbsql_field_flags($result, $i);
		  echo $type . " " . $name . " " . $len . " " . $flags . "<br />";
		  $i++;
	      }
	      fbsql_close();

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       fbsql_field_name(3).

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