mysql_field_type

Get the type of the specified field in a result

&mysql.alternative.note;

- `mysqli_fetch_field_direct` [type]
- `PDOStatement::getColumnMeta` [driver:decl_type] or [pdo_type]

&reftitle.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.

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&mysql.result.description; &mysql.field-offset.req.description;
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The returned field type will be one of `"int"`, `"real"`, `"string"`, `"blob"`, and others as detailed in the MySQL documentation.

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### `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();
    ?>

&example.outputs.similar;

    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

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&info.deprecated.alias; `mysql_fieldtype`

&reftitle.seealso;

- `mysql_field_name`
- `mysql_field_len`