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pg_field_type

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(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Returns the type name for the corresponding field number

Description

pg_field_type(PgSql\Result $result, int $field): string

pg_field_type() returns a string containing the base type name of the given field in the given result instance.

Note

If the field uses a PostgreSQL domain (rather than a basic type), it is the name of the domain's underlying type that is returned, rather than the name of the domain itself.

Note

This function used to be called pg_fieldtype().

Parameters

result: Result
field: Field number, starting from 0.

Return Values

A string containing the base name of the field's type.

Changelog

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Examples

Getting information about fields

php

<?php
  $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");

  // Assume 'title' is a varchar type
  $res = pg_query($dbconn, "select title from authors where author = 'Orwell'");

  echo "Title field type: ", pg_field_type($res, 0);
?>

The above example will output:

output

Title field type: varchar