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# mysql_list_fields

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

mysql_list_fields -- List MySQL result fields

## Description

resource mysql_list_fields ( string database_name, string table_name [, resource link_identifier])

mysql_list_fields() retrieves information about the given table name. Arguments are the database name and the table name. A result pointer is returned which can be used with mysql_field_flags(), mysql_field_len(), mysql_field_name(), and mysql_field_type().

Example 1. mysql_list_fields() example
    <?php
    $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');

    $fields = mysql_list_fields("database1", "table1", $link);
    $columns = mysql_num_fields($fields);

    for ($i = 0; $i < $columns; $i++) {
        echo mysql_field_name($fields, $i) . "\n";
    }
The above example would produce the following output:
    field1
    field2
    field3
    ...

For downward compatibility mysql_listfields() can also be used. This is deprecated however.

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