Get information about a field

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# ibase_field_info

(PHP 5)

ibase_field_info — Get information about a field

### Description

array ibase_field_info ( resource `$result` , int `$field_number` )

Returns an array with information about a field after a select query has been run.

### Parameters

`result`

  An InterBase result identifier.

`field_number`

  Field offset.

### Return Values

Returns an array with the following keys: name, alias, relation, length and type.

### Examples

Example #1 ibase_field_info() example

`<?php
$rs = ibase_query("SELECT * FROM tablename");
$coln = ibase_num_fields($rs);
for ($i = 0; $i < $coln; $i++) {
$col_info = ibase_field_info($rs, $i);
echo "name: ". $col_info['name']. "\n";
echo "alias: ". $col_info['alias']. "\n";
echo "relation: ". $col_info['relation']. "\n";
echo "length: ". $col_info['length']. "\n";
echo "type: ". $col_info['type']. "\n";
}
?>`

### See Also

- ibase_num_fields() - Get the number of fields in a result set

ibase_fetch_row
ibase_free_event_handler
Firebird/InterBase Functions
PHP Manual