Get the name of a field

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# mssql_field_name

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp >= 1.1.1)

mssql_field_name — Get the name of a field

### Description

string mssql_field_name ( resource `$result` [, int `$offset` = -1 ] )

Returns the name of field no. `offset` in `result`.

### Parameters

`result`

  The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().

`offset`

  The field offset, starts at 0. If omitted, the current field is used.

### Return Values

The name of the specified field index on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 mssql_field_name() example

`<?php
// Send a select query to MSSQL
$query = mssql_query('SELECT [username], [name], [email] FROM [php].[dbo].[userlist]');
echo 'Result set contains the following field(s):', PHP_EOL;
// Dump all field names in result
for ($i = 0; $i < mssql_num_fields($query); ++$i) {
echo ' - ' . mssql_field_name($query, $i), PHP_EOL;
}
// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Result set contains the following field(s):
     - username
     - name
     - email

### See Also

- mssql_field_length() - Get the length of a field
- mssql_field_type() - Gets the type of a field

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