<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns an array of resources representing the fields in a result set</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field.html">maxdb_fetch_field</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-lengths.html">maxdb_fetch_lengths</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.maxdb.html">MaxDB Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.maxdb-fetch-fields" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">maxdb_fetch_fields</h1> <h1 class="refname">maxdb_result::fetch_fields</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL maxdb >= 1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">maxdb_fetch_fields</span> -- <span class="refname">maxdb_result::fetch_fields</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns an array of resources representing the fields in a result set</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-fields-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para">Procedural style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_fetch_fields</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment">Object oriented style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_result::fetch_fields</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam">void</span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function serves an identical purpose to the <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field.html" class="function">maxdb_fetch_field()</a></span> function with the single difference that, instead of returning one resource at a time for each field, the columns are returned as an array of resources. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-fields-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns an array of resources which contains field definition information or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if no field information is available. </p> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable table"> <caption><strong>Object properties</strong></caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Property</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>name</td> <td>The name of the column</td> </tr> <tr> <td>max_length</td> <td>The maximum width of the field for the result set.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>type</td> <td>The data type used for this field</td> </tr> <tr> <td>decimals</td> <td>The number of decimals used (for integer fields)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-fields-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-1261"> <p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$maxdb </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY cno"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Get field information for all columns */<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_fields</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Name: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Table: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">table</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max. Len: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">max_length</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Flags: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">flags</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Type: %d\n\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">type</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-1262"> <p><strong>Example #2 Procedural style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY cno"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Get field information for all columns */<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_fetch_fields</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Name: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Table: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">table</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max. Len: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">max_length</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Flags: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">flags</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Type: %d\n\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">type</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para">The above example will output something similar to:</p> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Name: NAME Table: max. Len: 10 Flags: -1 Type: 2 Name: CNO Table: max. Len: 4 Flags: -1 Type: 0 </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-fields-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-num-fields.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_num_fields()</a> - Get the number of fields in a result</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_fetch_field()</a> - Returns the next field in the result set</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field-direct.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_fetch_field_direct()</a> - Fetch meta-data for a single field</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field.html">maxdb_fetch_field</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-lengths.html">maxdb_fetch_lengths</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.maxdb.html">MaxDB Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>