(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)
mysql_list_fields -- List MySQL result fields
Description
resource mysql_list_fields (string database_name, string table_name,
resource [link_identifier])
mysql_list_fields() retrieves information about the given tablename. Arguments are
the database name and the table name. A result pointer is returned which can be used with mysql_field_flags(), mysql_field_len(), mysql_field_name(), and mysql_field_type().
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Example 1. mysql_list_fields() example
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'myname', 'secret');
$fields = mysql_list_fields("database1", "table1", $link);
$columns = mysql_num_fields($fields);
for ($i = 0; $i < $columns; $i++) {
echo mysql_field_name($fields, $i) . "\n";;
}
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The above example would produce the following output:
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For downward compatibility mysql_listfields() can also be used. This is deprecated
however.
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