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<h1 class="refname">mysql_field_type</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_field_type</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the type of the specified field in a result</span></p>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future.
Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used.
See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and
<a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information.
Alternatives to this function include:</p>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-result.fetch-field-direct.html" class="function">mysqli_fetch_field_direct()</a></span> [type]</li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="pdostatement.getcolumnmeta.html" class="methodname">PDOStatement::getColumnMeta()</a></span> [driver:decl_type] or [pdo_type]</li>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_field_type</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$field_offset</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>mysql_field_type()</strong></span> is similar to the
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-field-name.html" class="function">mysql_field_name()</a></span> function. The arguments are
identical, but the field type is returned instead.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
result</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">The result <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span> that
is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function">mysql_query()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
field_offset</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">The numerical field offset. The
<em><code class="parameter">field_offset</code></em> starts at <em>0</em>. If
<em><code class="parameter">field_offset</code></em> does not exist, an error of level
<strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> is also issued.</p></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The returned field type
will be one of <em>"int"</em>, <em>"real"</em>,
<em>"string"</em>, <em>"blob"</em>, and others as
detailed in the <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/" class="link external">» MySQL
documentation</a>.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1593">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_field_type()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_username"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * FROM func"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fields </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_num_fields</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$rows </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_num_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$table </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_field_table</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Your '" </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$table </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"' table has " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fields </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" fields and " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$rows </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" record(s)\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"The table has the following fields:\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />for (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">< </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fields</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">++) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$type </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_field_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_field_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$len </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_field_len</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$flags </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_field_flags</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$type </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$len </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$flags </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
Your 'func' table has 4 fields and 1 record(s)
The table has the following fields:
string name 64 not_null primary_key binary
int ret 1 not_null
string dl 128 not_null
string type 9 not_null enum
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
For backward compatibility, the following
deprecated alias may be used:
<span class="function"><strong>mysql_fieldtype()</strong></span>
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mysql-field-type-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-field-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_field_name()</a> - Get the name of the specified field in a result</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-field-len.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_field_len()</a> - Returns the length of the specified field</span></li>
</ul>
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