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mysql_field_name

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(PHP 4, PHP 5)

Get the name of the specified field in a result

Note mysqli_fetch_field_direct [name] or [orgname]PDOStatement::getColumnMeta [name]

Description

mysql_field_name(resource $result, int $field_offset): string|false

mysql_field_name() returns the name of the specified field index.

Parameters

Return Values

The name of the specified field index on successFalseforfailure.

Examples

mysql_field_name() example

php

<?php
/* The users table consists of three fields:
 *   user_id
 *   username
 *   password.
 */
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect to MySQL server: ' . mysql_error());
}
$dbname = 'mydb';
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($dbname, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
    die("Could not set $dbname: " . mysql_error());
}
$res = mysql_query('select * from users', $link);

echo mysql_field_name($res, 0) . "\n";
echo mysql_field_name($res, 2);
?>

The above example will output:

output

user_id
password

Notes Field-case

Note

Alias mysql_fieldname()