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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ibase-field-info">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ibase_field_info</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get information about a field</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>ibase_field_info</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>field_number</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns an array with information about a field after a select
   query has been run.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An InterBase result identifier.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>field_number</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Field offset.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an array with the following keys: <literal>name</literal>,
   <literal>alias</literal>, <literal>relation</literal>,
   <literal>length</literal> and <literal>type</literal>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>ibase_field_info</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$rs = ibase_query("SELECT * FROM tablename");
$coln = ibase_num_fields($rs);
for ($i = 0; $i < $coln; $i++) {
    $col_info = ibase_field_info($rs, $i);
    echo "name: ". $col_info['name']. "\n";
    echo "alias: ". $col_info['alias']. "\n";
    echo "relation: ". $col_info['relation']. "\n";
    echo "length: ". $col_info['length']. "\n";
    echo "type: ". $col_info['type']. "\n";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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

</refentry>

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