mysqli_result::$current_field

mysqli_field_tell

Get current field offset of a result pointer

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`int` `mysqli_result->current_field`

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`int` `mysqli_field_tell` `mysqli_result` `result`

Returns the position of the field cursor used for the last `mysqli_fetch_field` call. This value can be used as an argument to `mysqli_field_seek`.

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Returns current offset of field cursor.

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    <?php
    $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

    /* check connection */
    if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
        printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
        exit();
    }

    $query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Code LIMIT 5";

    if ($result = $mysqli->query($query)) {

        /* Get field information for all columns */
        while ($finfo = $result->fetch_field()) {

            /* get fieldpointer offset */
            $currentfield = $result->current_field;

            printf("Column %d:\n", $currentfield);
            printf("Name:     %s\n", $finfo->name);
            printf("Table:    %s\n", $finfo->table);
            printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length);
            printf("Flags:    %d\n", $finfo->flags);
            printf("Type:     %d\n\n", $finfo->type);
        }
        $result->close();
    }

    /* close connection */
    $mysqli->close();
    ?>

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    <?php
    $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

    /* check connection */
    if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
        printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
        exit();
    }

    $query = "SELECT Name, SurfaceArea from Country ORDER BY Code LIMIT 5";

    if ($result = mysqli_query($link, $query)) {

        /* Get field information for all fields */
        while ($finfo = mysqli_fetch_field($result)) {

            /* get fieldpointer offset */
            $currentfield = mysqli_field_tell($result);

            printf("Column %d:\n", $currentfield);
            printf("Name:     %s\n", $finfo->name);
            printf("Table:    %s\n", $finfo->table);
            printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length);
            printf("Flags:    %d\n", $finfo->flags);
            printf("Type:     %d\n\n", $finfo->type);
        }
        mysqli_free_result($result);
    }

    /* close connection */
    mysqli_close($link);
    ?>

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    Column 1:
    Name:     Name
    Table:    Country
    max. Len: 11
    Flags:    1
    Type:     254

    Column 2:
    Name:     SurfaceArea
    Table:    Country
    max. Len: 10
    Flags:    32769
    Type:     4

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- `mysqli_fetch_field`
- `mysqli_field_seek`