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(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_field_type --  Returns the type name for the corresponding field number

Description

string pg_field_type ( resource result, int field_number )

pg_field_type() returns a string containing the base type name of the given field_number in the given PostgreSQL result resource.

Parameters

result

PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query() , pg_query_params() or pg_execute() (among others).

field_number

Field number, starting from 0.

Return Values

A string containing the base name of the field's type, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example 1. Getting information about fields

<?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:

Title field type: varchar

Related Function(s)

pg_query()

pg_query_params()

pg_execute()

pg_field_prtlen()

pg_field_name()

pg_field_type_oid()