<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS friends");
mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))");
mysqli_query($link, "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut'), (2, 'Ulf')");
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT id, name FROM friends");
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* get resultset for metadata */
$result = mysqli_stmt_result_metadata($stmt);
/* retrieve field information from metadata result set */
$field = mysqli_fetch_field($result);
printf("Fieldname: %s\n", $field->name);
/* close resultset */
mysqli_free_result($result);
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>