pg_field_name

Description

pg_field_name() returns the name of the field occupying the given field_number in the given PostgreSQL result resource. Field numbering starts from 0.

Parameters

Return Values

The field name, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example 1. Getting information about fields <?php   $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");   $res = pg_query($dbconn, "select * from authors where author = 'Orwell'");   $i = pg_num_fields($res);   for ($j = 0; $j < $i; $j++) {       echo "column $j\n";       $fieldname = pg_field_name($res, $j);       echo "fieldname: $fieldname\n";       echo "printed length: " . pg_field_prtlen($res, $fieldname) . " characters\n";       echo "storage length: " . pg_field_size($res, $j) . " bytes\n";       echo "field type: " . pg_field_type($res, $j) . " \n\n";   } ?> The above example will output: column 0 fieldname: author printed length: 6 characters storage length: -1 bytes field type: varchar column 1 fieldname: year printed length: 4 characters storage length: 2 bytes field type: int2 column 2 fieldname: title printed length: 24 characters storage length: -1 bytes field type: varchar

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