mysql_fetch_lengths

Get the length of each output in a result

&mysql.alternative.note;

- `mysqli_fetch_lengths`
- `PDOStatement::getColumnMeta`

&reftitle.description; ``array``false```mysql_fetch_lengths` `resource` `result`

Returns an array that corresponds to the lengths of each field in the last row fetched by MySQL.

`mysql_fetch_lengths` stores the lengths of each result column in the last row returned by `mysql_fetch_row`, `mysql_fetch_assoc`, `mysql_fetch_array`, and `mysql_fetch_object` in an array, starting at offset 0.

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&mysql.result.description;
&reftitle.returnvalues;

An `array` of lengths on success&return.falseforfailure;.

&reftitle.examples;

### A `mysql_fetch_lengths` example

    <?php
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");
    if (!$result) {
        echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
        exit;
    }
    $row     = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    $lengths = mysql_fetch_lengths($result);

    print_r($row);
    print_r($lengths);
    ?>

&example.outputs.similar;

    Array
    (
        [id] => 42
        [email] => user@example.com
    )
    Array
    (
        [0] => 2
        [1] => 16
    )

&reftitle.seealso;

- `mysql_field_len`
- `mysql_fetch_row`
- `strlen`