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<h1 class="refname">mysqli_result::$lengths</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_fetch_lengths</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli_result::$lengths</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_fetch_lengths</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the lengths of the columns of the current row in the result set</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="fieldsynopsis"><span class="type">array</span> <var class="varname"><a href="mysqli-result.lengths.html">$mysqli_result->lengths</a></var>;</div>
<p class="para">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_fetch_lengths</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli-result.html" class="type mysqli_result">mysqli_result</a></span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
The <span class="function"><strong>mysqli_fetch_lengths()</strong></span> function returns an array
containing the lengths of every column of the current row within the result
set.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
result</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">Procedural style only: A result set
identifier returned by <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.query.html" class="function">mysqli_query()</a></span>, <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.store-result.html" class="function">mysqli_store_result()</a></span>
or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.use-result.html" class="function">mysqli_use_result()</a></span>.</p></dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli-result.lengths-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
An array of integers representing the size of each column (not including
any terminating null characters). <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred.
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<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>mysqli_fetch_lengths()</strong></span> is valid only for the current
row of the result set. It returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if you call it before calling
mysqli_fetch_row/array/object or after retrieving all rows in the result.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli-result.lengths-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-1746">
<p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$mysqli </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * from Country ORDER BY Code LIMIT 1"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* display column lengths */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">lengths </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Field %2d has Length %2d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">+</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p><strong>Example #2 Procedural style</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * from Country ORDER BY Code LIMIT 1"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* display column lengths */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_fetch_lengths</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">) as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Field %2d has Length %2d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">+</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output:</p></div>
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Field 1 has Length 3
Field 2 has Length 5
Field 3 has Length 13
Field 4 has Length 9
Field 5 has Length 6
Field 6 has Length 1
Field 7 has Length 6
Field 8 has Length 4
Field 9 has Length 6
Field 10 has Length 6
Field 11 has Length 5
Field 12 has Length 44
Field 13 has Length 7
Field 14 has Length 3
Field 15 has Length 2
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