MYSQLI_FIELD_TELL(3) 1 MYSQLI_FIELD_TELL(3)
mysqli_result::$current_field - Get current field offset of a result pointer
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
int$mysqli_result->current_field ()
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
int mysqli_field_tell (mysqli_result $result)
Returns the position of the field cursor used for the last mysqli_fetch_field(3) call. This value can be used as an argument to
mysqli_field_seek(3).
PARAMETERS
o $
result -Procedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(3), mysqli_store_result(3) or
mysqli_use_result(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns current offset of field cursor.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s
", 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:
", $currentfield);
printf("Name: %s
", $finfo->name);
printf("Table: %s
", $finfo->table);
printf("max. Len: %d
", $finfo->max_length);
printf("Flags: %d
", $finfo->flags);
printf("Type: %d
", $finfo->type);
}
$result->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
Example #2
Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s
", 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:
", $currentfield);
printf("Name: %s
", $finfo->name);
printf("Table: %s
", $finfo->table);
printf("max. Len: %d
", $finfo->max_length);
printf("Flags: %d
", $finfo->flags);
printf("Type: %d
", $finfo->type);
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above examples will output:
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
SEE ALSO
mysqli_fetch_field(3), mysqli_field_seek(3).
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