mysql_field_len
This function is slightly stupid to be honest, why not just make an array of field names... You could consolidate the two of these functions that way and it makes it a lot easier to list them when your script is dynamic.
<?php
function mysql_field_array( $query ) {
$field = mysql_num_fields( $query );
for ( $i = 0; $i < $field; $i++ ) {
$names[] = mysql_field_name( $query, $i );
}
return $names;
}
// Examples of use
$fields = mysql_field_array( $query );
// Show name of column 3
echo $fields[3];
// Show them all
echo implode( ', ', $fields[3] );
// Count them - easy equivelant to 'mysql_num_fields'
echo count( $fields );
?>
mysql_field_name
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
mysql_field_name — Retourne le nom d'une colonne dans un résultat MySQL
Avertissement
Cette extension est obsolète depuis PHP 5.5.0, et sera supprimée dans le futur. À la place, les extensions MySQLi ou PDO_MySQL doivent être utilisées. Voir aussi le guide MySQL : choix de l'API ainsi que la FAQ associée pour plus d'information. Voici les alternatives à cette fonction :
- mysqli_fetch_field_direct() [name] ou [orgname]
- PDOStatement::getColumnMeta() [name]
Description
string mysql_field_name
( resource
$result
, int $field_offset
)mysql_field_name() retourne le nom du champ de l'index spécifié.
Liste de paramètres
-
result -
La ressource de résultat qui vient d'être évaluée. Ce résultat vient de l'appel à la fonction mysql_query().
-
field_offset -
La position numérique du champ.
field_offsetcommence à 0. Sifield_offsetn'existe pas, une alerteE_WARNINGsera également générée.
Valeurs de retour
Le nom du champ de l'index spécifié en cas de succès ou FALSE si une erreur survient.
Exemples
Exemple #1 Exemple avec mysql_field_name()
<?php
/* Supposons que la table utilisée contienne trois champs :
* user_id
* username
* password.
*/
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
die('Impossible de se connecter au serveur MySQL : ' . mysql_error());
}
$dbname = 'mydb';
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($dbname, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
die("Impossible de se connecter à la base $dbname: " . mysql_error());
}
$res = mysql_query('select * from users', $link);
echo mysql_field_name($res, 0) . "\n";
echo mysql_field_name($res, 2);
?>
L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher :
user_id password
Notes
Note: Les noms des champs retournés par cette fonction sont sensibles à la casse.
Note:
Pour des raisons de compatibilité ascendante, l'alias obsolète suivant peut être utilisé : mysql_fieldname()
Voir aussi
- mysql_field_type() - Retourne le type d'une colonne MySQL spécifique
- mysql_field_len() - Retourne la taille d'un champ de résultat MySQL
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User Contributed Notes
mysql_field_name - [12 notes]
anonymous at site dot com ¶
5 years ago
janezr at jcn dot si ¶
7 years ago
This is another variant of displaying all columns of a query result, but with a simplified while loop.
<?
$query="select * from user";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$numfields = mysql_num_fields($result);
echo "<table>\n<tr>";
for ($i=0; $i < $numfields; $i++) // Header
{ echo '<th>'.mysql_field_name($result, $i).'</th>'; }
echo "</tr>\n";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) // Data
{ echo '<tr><td>'.implode($row,'</td><td>')."</td></tr>\n"; }
echo "</table>\n"
?>
clinnenb at hotmail dot com ¶
7 years ago
The following will create a PHP array, $array, containing the MySQL query results with array indexes of the same name as field names returned by the MySQL query.
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
$i=0;
foreach ($line as $col_value) {
$field=mysql_field_name($result,$i);
$array[$field] = $col_value;
$i++;
}
}
tiptonentserv at gmail dot com ¶
1 year ago
simple sql to xml converter works with any sql query and returns the name of the table as the root element "row" as each row element and the names of the columns are your children of row. fully tested.
<?php
function sqlToXml($host,$user,$pass,$database,$tablename,$query){
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die(mysql_error());
$result = mysql_query($query);
if(!$result){ die('Invalid query: '.mysql_error()); }
$numOfCols = mysql_num_fields($result);
$numOfRows = mysql_num_rows($result);
$info = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
//send headers
header('Content-type: text/xml');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Expires: -1');
$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>';
$xml.= "<{$tablename}>";
if($numOfRows > 0){
do {
$xml.= "<row>";
foreach($info as $column => $value) {
$xml.= "<{$column}>{$value}</{$column}>";
}
$xml.= "</row>";
}
while ($info = mysql_fetch_array($result));
}
$xml.= "</{$tablename}>";
mysql_free_result($result);
return $xml;
}
?>
bags ¶
2 years ago
When using aliases, it appears impossible to discover the name of the underlying column.
select `ID` as `anAlias` from `aTable` returns 'anAlias' as the mysql_field_name(). I have tried all the mysql_field_xxx() functions and none return the real column name.
blackjackdevel at gmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
Strangely using an aproach like this:
$res=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `orders`",$conec) or die (mysql_error());
$fields = mysql_num_fields($res);
$out="";
for ($i = 0; $i < $fields; $i++) {
$fname=mysql_field_name($res, $i);
}
Outputted the E_Warning:
Warning: mysql_field_name() [function.mysql-field-name]: Field N is invalid for MySQL result index
With a lot of different number at N. But expliciting all fields instead of *. Didn't outputted the error.
It maybe a caracteristic of this mysql database(it is from a open source application) because i never saw this in my own databases. Anyway hope this help if someone face the same strange situation
matteo.cisilino[no_more]cisilino[spm]com ¶
6 years ago
james, why make so difficult when it's very simple :\
$numberfields = mysql_num_fields($res_gb);
for ($i=0; $i<$numberfields ; $i++ ) {
$var = mysql_field_name($res_gb, $i);
$row_title .= $var;
}
echo $row_title;
jimharris at blueyonder dot co dot uk ¶
8 years ago
The code in the last comment has an obvious mistake in the for loop expression. The correct expression in the for-loop is $x<$y rather than $x<=$y...
$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());
$rowcount=mysql_num_rows($result);
$y=mysql_num_fields($result);
for ($x=0; $x<$y; $x++) {
echo = mysql_field_name($result, $x).'<br>';
}
colin dot truran at shiftf7 dot com ¶
8 years ago
T simply itterate through all the field names on a result set try using this.
$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());
$rowcount=mysql_num_rows($result);
$y=mysql_num_fields($result);
for ($x=0; $x<=$y; $x++) {
echo = mysql_field_name($result, $x).'<br>';
}
This is useful if you have a result set that joins several tables dynamicaly and you are never sure what all the fields will be when you come to display them.
I suggest you place this within a loop through your result rows and include a field flag check around the echo to only show certain data types like this.
$y=mysql_num_fields($result);
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
for ($x=0; $x<=$y; $x++) {
$fieldname=mysql_field_name($result,$x);
$fieldtype=mysql_field_type($result, $x);
if ($fieldtype=='string' && $row[$fieldname]!='')
echo $row[$fieldname].' , ';
}
echo '<br>';
}
aaronp123 att yahoo dott comm ¶
10 years ago
You could probably elaborate on this by sending a full sql query to this function...but I titled it simple_query() because it doesn't really allow for joins. Never the less, if you want to get a quick array full of a single row result set this is painless:
function simple_query($table_name, $key_col, $key_val) {
// open the db
$db_link = my_sql_link();
// query table using key col/val
$db_rs = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE $key_col = $key_val", $db_link);
$num_fields = mysql_num_fields($db_rs);
if ($num_fields) {
// first (and only) row
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($db_rs);
// load up array
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++) {
$simple_q[mysql_field_name($db_rs, $i)] = $row[mysql_field_name($db_rs, $i)];
}
// and return
return $simple_q;
} else {
// no rows
return false;
}
mysql_free_result($db_rs);
}
**Please note that my_sql_link() is just a function I have to open up a my sql connection.**
jason dot chambes at phishie dot net ¶
10 years ago
<?
/*
By simply calling the searchtable() function
with these variables it will serach the desired
database and procude a table for each field that
there is a match.
*/
function searchtable($host,$user,$pass,$database,$tablename,$userquery)
{
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die(mysql_error());
$fields = mysql_list_fields($database, $tablename, $link);
$cols = mysql_num_fields($fields);
for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++) {
$allfields[] = mysql_field_name($fields, $i);
}
foreach ($allfields as $myfield) {
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tablename WHERE $myfield like '%$userquery%' ");
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
echo "<h3>search <i>$database</i> for <i>$userquery</i>, found match(es) in <i>$myfield</i>: </h3>\n";
echo "<table border=1 align=\"center\">\n\t<tr>\n";
for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++) {
echo "\t\t<th";
if ($myfield == mysql_field_name($fields, $i)){
echo " bgcolor=\"orange\"> ";
} else {
echo ">";
}
echo mysql_field_name($fields, $i) . "</th>\n";
}
echo "\t</tr>\n";
$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);
do {
echo "\t<tr>\n";
for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++){
echo "\t\t<td> $myrow[$i] </td>\n";
}
echo "\t</tr>\n";
} while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));
echo "</table>\n";
}
}
}
searchtable($host,$user,$pass,$database,$tablename,$userquery);
?>
matt at iwdt dot net ¶
11 years ago
here's one way to print out a row of <th> tags from a table
NOTE: i didn't test this
$result = mysql_query("select * from table");
for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields($result); $i++) {
print "<th>".mysql_field_name($result, $i)."</th>\n";
}
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