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<refentry xml:id="function.mysql-field-type" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mysql_field_type</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get the type of the specified field in a result</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
  <warning>
   &mysql.alternative.note;
   <simplelist role="alternatives">
    <member><function>mysqli_fetch_field_direct</function> [type]</member>
    <member><methodname>PDOStatement::getColumnMeta</methodname> [driver:decl_type] or [pdo_type]</member>
   </simplelist>
  </warning>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>mysql_field_type</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>field_offset</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>mysql_field_type</function> is similar to the
   <function>mysql_field_name</function> function. The arguments are
   identical, but the field type is returned instead.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &mysql.result.description;
    &mysql.field-offset.req.description;
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The returned field type
   will be one of <literal>"int"</literal>, <literal>"real"</literal>, 
   <literal>"string"</literal>, <literal>"blob"</literal>, and others as
   detailed in the <link xlink:href="&url.mysql.docs;">MySQL
   documentation</link>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mysql_field_type</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
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
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    &info.deprecated.alias;
    <function>mysql_fieldtype</function>
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mysql_field_name</function></member>
    <member><function>mysql_field_len</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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