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# mysql_field_type

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

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

## Description

string mysql_field_type ( resource result, int field_offset )

mysql_field_type() is similar to the mysql_field_name() function. The arguments are identical, but the field type is returned instead.

## Parameters

result

  The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query().

field_offset

  The numerical field offset. The field_offset starts at 0. If field_offset does not exist, an error of level `E_WARNING` is also issued.

## Return Values

The returned field type will be one of "int", "real", "string", "blob", and others as detailed in the MySQL documentation.

## Examples

Example 1. mysql_field_type() example

`<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_username", "mysql_password");
mysql_select_db("mysql");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM func");
$fields = mysql_num_fields($result);
$rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
$table = mysql_field_table($result, 0);
echo "Your '" . $table . "' table has " . $fields . " fields and " . $rows . " record(s)\n";
echo "The table has the following fields:\n";
for ($i=0; $i < $fields; $i++) {
$type = mysql_field_type($result, $i);
$name = mysql_field_name($result, $i);
$len = mysql_field_len($result, $i);
$flags = mysql_field_flags($result, $i);
echo $type . " " . $name . " " . $len . " " . $flags . "\n";
}
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close();
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    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

## Notes

> Note: For downward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_fieldtype()

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