It should be noted that the primary_key member variable is only set to 1 if the primary key on the table is only on that 1 field. If you have a table that has a multiple column primary key, then you will not get what you might expect.
For example:
CREATE TABLE `line_item_table` (
`liForeignKey1` int(11) unsigned not null,
`liForeignKey2` int(11) unsigned not null,
PRIMARY KEY (`liForeignKey1`, `liForeignKey2`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
While you might expect that primary_key == 1 for both columns; var_dump() will show you that you get the following for both fields:
["primary_key"]=>int(0)
This is as of PHP 5.2.13 and MySQL 5.0.51
mysql_fetch_field
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
mysql_fetch_field — Obtiene la información de una columna desde un resultado y la devuelve como un objeto
Descripción
Devuelve un objeto que contiene la información de los campos. Esta función puede ser usada para obtener información sobre campos en el resultado provisto por la consulta.
Parámetros
- result
-
El resultado resource que está siendo evaluado. Este resultado proviene de una llamada a mysql_query().
- field_offset
-
El número de campo. Si el número de campo no se especifica, el siguiente campo que aún no se recuperó de esta función, será recuperado. Se empiezan a contar los campos (field_offset) desde 0.
Valores devueltos
Devuelve un objeto que contiene la información del campo. Las propiedades del objeto son:
- name - nombre de la columna
- table - nombre de la tabla a la que pertenece la columna
- max_length - longitud máxima de la columna
- not_null - 1 si la columna no puede ser NULL
- primary_key - 1 si la columna es una clave primaria
- unique_key - 1 si la columna es una clave única
- multiple_key - 1 si la colmuna es una clave no única
- numeric - 1 si la columna es numérica
- blob - 1 si la columna es un BLOB
- type - el tipo de la columna
- unsigned - 1 si la columna es unsigned
- zerofill - 1 si la columna es zero-filled
Ejemplos
Example #1 Ejemplo de mysql_fetch_field()
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$conn) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db('database');
$result = mysql_query('select * from table');
if (!$result) {
die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());
}
/* get column metadata */
$i = 0;
while ($i < mysql_num_fields($result)) {
echo "Information for column $i:<br />\n";
$meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
if (!$meta) {
echo "No information available<br />\n";
}
echo "<pre>
blob: $meta->blob
max_length: $meta->max_length
multiple_key: $meta->multiple_key
name: $meta->name
not_null: $meta->not_null
numeric: $meta->numeric
primary_key: $meta->primary_key
table: $meta->table
type: $meta->type
unique_key: $meta->unique_key
unsigned: $meta->unsigned
zerofill: $meta->zerofill
</pre>";
$i++;
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
Notas
Note: Los nombres de los campos devueltos por esta función son sensibles a mayúsculas y minúsculas.
Ver también
- mysql_field_seek() - Establece el apuntador del resultado en un número de campo específicado
A nice function to return an array of all fields for a particular table. I've added a few very useful properties to the spec:
'len', which is supplied by the mysql_field_len() function.
'definition', which is a column_definition which could be used to initialize the table.
'auto_increment', which is 1 if the field is auto_increment.
<?php
function mysql_fetch_fields($table) {
// LIMIT 1 means to only read rows before row 1 (0-indexed)
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table LIMIT 1");
$describe = mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM $table");
$num = mysql_num_fields($result);
$output = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $num; ++$i) {
$field = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
// Analyze 'extra' field
$field->auto_increment = (strpos(mysql_result($describe, $i, 'Extra'), 'auto_increment') === FALSE ? 0 : 1);
// Create the column_definition
$field->definition = mysql_result($describe, $i, 'Type');
if ($field->not_null && !$field->primary_key) $field->definition .= ' NOT NULL';
if ($field->def) $field->definition .= " DEFAULT '" . mysql_real_escape_string($field->def) . "'";
if ($field->auto_increment) $field->definition .= ' AUTO_INCREMENT';
if ($key = mysql_result($describe, $i, 'Key')) {
if ($field->primary_key) $field->definition .= ' PRIMARY KEY';
else $field->definition .= ' UNIQUE KEY';
}
// Create the field length
$field->len = mysql_field_len($result, $i);
// Store the field into the output
$output[$field->name] = $field;
}
return $output;
}
// Example:
mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass');
mysql_select_db('database');
$fields = mysql_fetch_fields('table');
foreach ($fields as $key => $field) {
echo $field->name . ' ' . $field->definition . "\n";
}
// May output:
// field1 char(8)
// field2 int PRIMARY KEY
// field3 int AUTO_INCREMENT UNIQUE KEY
// field4 mediumtext NOT NULL DEFAULT 'I\'m a little teapot'
?>
XML generation.
Bit of a security risk allowing parameters to select db and table on live server (unless user is restricted or replace the $_GET with fixed value.)
Outputs xml with standard format for <config> part to generate forms in flash.
<?php
//
// makeXML.php?db=dbname&table=tablename
//
set_time_limit(300);
$host = "localhost";
$user = "root";
$password = "root";
$database = $_GET['db'];
$table = $_GET['table'];
mysql_connect($host,$user,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$querytext="SELECT * FROM ".$table;
$result=mysql_query($querytext);
if ($result){
$num=mysql_num_rows($result);
}else{
$num=0;
}
?>
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/xml');
echo "<?xml version='1.0'?>";
if ($num > 0){
?>
<<?php echo $table?>>
<config>
<?php
// Display number of fields
echo "<numFields>".mysql_num_fields($result)."</numFields>";
$i = 0;
$primaryKey = "";
$nameArray = array();
$maxLengthArray = array();
$typeArray = array();
while ($i < mysql_num_fields($result)) {
$meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
$nameArray[$i] = $meta->name;
$maxLengthArray[$i] = $meta->max_length;
$typeArray[$i] = $meta->type;
if ($meta->primary_key){
$primaryKey = $meta->name;
}
$i++;
}
$i = 0;
echo "<fieldNames>";
while ($i < count($nameArray)) {
echo "<field".$i.">".$nameArray[$i]."</field".$i.">";
$i++;
}
echo "</fieldNames>";
$i = 0;
echo "<fieldMaxLength>";
while ($i < count($maxLengthArray)) {
echo "<field".$i.">".$maxLengthArray[$i]."</field".$i.">";
$i++;
}
echo "</fieldMaxLength>";
$i = 0;
echo "<fieldType>";
while ($i < count($typeArray)) {
echo "<field".$i.">".$typeArray[$i]."</field".$i.">";
$i++;
}
echo "</fieldType>";
?>
<primaryKey><?php echo $primaryKey?></primaryKey>
<numRecords><?php echo $num?></numRecords>
</config>
<?php
$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {
$ID=mysql_result($result,$i,"ID");
$value=mysql_result($result,$i,"value");
$title=mysql_result($result,$i,"title");
$description=mysql_result($result,$i,"description");
?>
<row>
<ID><?php echo $ID?></ID>
<weighting><?php echo $value?></weighting>
<title><?php echo $title?></title>
<description><?php echo $description?></description>
</row>
<?php
$i = $i + 1;
}
?>
</<?php echo $table?>>
<?php
}
?>
An improvement on the earlier mysql_column_exists function.
<?php
function mysql_column_exists($table_name, $column_name, $link=false) {
$result = @mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM $table_name LIKE '$column_name'", $link);
return (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0);
}
?>
If you want the fields in a table, a simple DESCRIBE query will work:
<?php
$query ="DESCRIBE Users";
$result = mysql_query($query);
echo "<ul>";
while($i = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
echo "<li>{$i['Field']}</li>";
echo "</ul>";
?>
Should do the trick.
A little function to help coders to distinct the tablename from a multiselect query where some fields has the same name in differents tables.
<?php
public function sql($sql) {
$T_Return=array();
$result=@mysql_query($sql);
$i=0;
while ($i < mysql_num_fields($result)) {
$fields[]=mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
$i++;
}
while ($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
$new_row=array();
for($i=0;$i<count($row); $i++) {
$new_row[ $fields[$i]->table][$fields[$i]->name]=$row[$i];
}
$T_Return[]=$new_row;
}
return $T_Return;
}
?>
Simple PHP script for displaying the field names. Presuming the database is seleected already.
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name;";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$i = 0;
while($i<mysql_num_fields($result))
{
$meta=mysql_fetch_field($result,$i);
echo $i.".".$meta->name."<br />";
$i++;
}
?>
OUTPUt:
0.id
1.todo
2.due date
3.priority
4.type
5.status
6.notes
hope this is useful.
Be sure to note that $max_length is the length of the longest value for that field in the returned dataset, NOT the maximum length of data that column is designed to hold.
I needed to get the field information and the enum/set values. Here is the function I created to expand the object returned by mysql_fetch_field. I also, decided to return all the fields for a table in an array of field objects by "name" and position much like mysql_fetch_array does.
You could test it by using:
<?php
$myfields = GetFieldInfo('test_table');
print "<pre>";
print_r($myfields);
print "</pre>";
?>
The field objects now have 'len', 'values' and 'flags' parameters.
NOTE: 'values' only has data for set and enum fields.
<?php
//This assumes an open database connection
//I also use a constant DB_DB for current database.
function GetFieldInfo($table)
{
if($table == '') return false;
$fields = mysql_list_fields(DB_DB, $table);
if($fields){
$columns = mysql_query('show columns from ' . $table);
if($columns){
$num = mysql_num_fields($fields);
for($i=0; $i < $num; ++$i){
$column = mysql_fetch_array($columns);
$field = mysql_fetch_field($fields, $i);
$flags = mysql_field_flags($fields, $i);
if($flags == '') $flags=array();
else $flags = explode(' ',$flags);
if (ereg('enum.(.*).',$column['Type'],$match))
$field->values = explode(',',$match[1]);
if (ereg('set.(.*).',$column['Type'],$match))
$field->values = explode(',',$match[1]);
if(!$field->values) $field->values = array();
$field->flags = $flags;
$field->len = mysql_field_len($fields, $i);
$result_fields[$field->name] = $field;
$result_fields[$i] = $field;
}
mysql_free_result($columns);
}
mysql_free_result($fields);
return $result_fields;
}
return false;
}
?>
hope someone else finds this useful.
The field type returns what PHP classifies the data found in the field, not how it is stored in the database; use the following example to retrieve the MySQL information about the field....
<?php
$USERNAME = '';
$PASSWORD = '';
$DATABASE = '';
$TABLE_NAME = '';
mysql_connect('localhost', $USERNAME, $PASSWORD)
or die ("Could not connect");
$result = mysql_query("SHOW FIELDS FROM $DATABASE.$TABLE_NAME");
$i = 0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo $row['Field'] . ' ' . $row['Type'];
}
?>
