fbsql_field_type

Get the type of the specified field in a result

Description

string fbsql_field_type ( resource $result [, int $field_offset ] )

fbsql_field_type is similar to the fbsql_field_name function, but the field type is returned instead.

Parameters

result

A result identifier returned by fbsql_query or fbsql_db_query.

field_offset

The numerical offset of the field. The field index starts at 0.

Return Values

Returns the field type, as a string.

This can be one of int, real, string, blob, and others as detailed in the » FrontBase documentation.

Examples

Example #1 fbsql_field_type example

<?php

fbsql_connect
("localhost""_SYSTEM""");
fbsql_select_db("wisconsin");
$result fbsql_query("SELECT * FROM onek;");
$fields fbsql_num_fields($result);
$rows   fbsql_num_rows($result);
$i 0;
$table fbsql_field_table($result$i);
echo 
"Your '" $table "' table has " $fields " fields and " $rows " records <br />";
echo 
"The table has the following fields <br />";
while (
$i $fields) {
    
$type  fbsql_field_type($result$i);
    
$name  fbsql_field_name($result$i);
    
$len   fbsql_field_len($result$i);
    
$flags fbsql_field_flags($result$i);
    echo 
$type " " $name " " $len " " $flags "<br />";
    
$i++;
}
fbsql_close();

?>

See Also

  • fbsql_field_name