mysql_fetch_assoc
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'
?>
mysql_fetch_field
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
mysql_fetch_field — Retourne les données enregistrées dans une colonne MySQL sous forme d'objet
Description
object mysql_fetch_field
( resource $result
[, int $field_offset= 0
] )
Retourne un objet contenant les informations sur les champs. Cette fonction peut être utilisée pour obtenir des informations sur les champs de la requête fournie result .
Liste de paramètres
- result
-
La ressource de résultat qui vient d'être évaluée. Ce résultat vient de l'appel à la fonction mysql_query().
- field_offset
-
La position numérique du champ. Si la position du champ n'est pas spécifiée, le champ suivant qui n'a pas encore été récupéré par cette fonction est alors récupéré. field_offset commence à 0.
Valeurs de retour
Retourne un objet contenant les informations sur les champs. Les propriétés de l'objet sont les suivantes :
- "name" : nom de la colonne
- "table" : nom de la table de la colonne
- "def" : valeur par défaut de la colonne
- "max_length" : taille maximale de la colonne
- "not_null" : 1 si la colonne ne peut pas être NULL
- "primary_key" : 1 si la colonne est une clé primaire
- "unique_key" : 1 si la colonne est une clé unique
- "multiple_key" : 1 si la colonne est une clé non unique
- "numeric" : 1 si la colonne est numérique
- "blob" : 1 si la colonne est BLOB
- "type" : le type de la colonne
- "unsigned" : 1 si la colonne est non signée
- "zerofill" : 1 si la colonne est complétée par des zéro
Exemples
Exemple #1 Exemple avec mysql_fetch_field()
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$conn) {
die('Impossible de se connecter : ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db('database');
$result = mysql_query('select * from table');
if (!$result) {
die('Échec de la requête : ' . mysql_error());
}
/* Lecture des méta données de la colonne */
$i = 0;
while ($i < mysql_num_fields($result)) {
echo "Détails sur la colonne $i:<br />\n";
$meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i);
if (!$meta) {
echo "Aucun détail disponible<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
default: $meta->def
unique_key: $meta->unique_key
unsigned: $meta->unsigned
zerofill: $meta->zerofill
</pre>";
$i++;
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
Notes
Note: Les noms des champs retournés par cette fonction sont sensibles à la casse.
add a note
User Contributed Notesmysql_fetch_field
mewsterus at yahoo dot com
07-Jul-2009 08:18
07-Jul-2009 08:18
TALU
04-Feb-2009 05:16
04-Feb-2009 05:16
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 $table?>>
<?php
}
?>
php [spat] hm2k.org
05-Nov-2008 12:22
05-Nov-2008 12:22
An improvement on the earlier mysql_column_exists function.
<?php
function mysql_column_exists($table_name, $column_name, $link=false) {
$result = @mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM $table_name LIKE '$column_name'", $link);
return (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0);
}
?>
jorachim at geemail dot com
25-Sep-2008 10:09
25-Sep-2008 10:09
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>{$i['Field']}</li>";
echo "</ul>";
?>
Should do the trick.
david at vitam dot be
10-Jun-2008 02:57
10-Jun-2008 02:57
A little function to help coders to distinct the tablename from a multiselect query where some fields has the same name in differents tables.
<?php
public function sql($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;
}
?>
dheep
04-Jun-2008 05:56
04-Jun-2008 05:56
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.
Nick Baicoianu
15-Sep-2005 08:18
15-Sep-2005 08:18
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.
php at brayra dot com
22-Mar-2002 01:09
22-Mar-2002 01:09
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.
krang at krang dot org dot uk
10-Mar-2002 03:12
10-Mar-2002 03:12
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'];
}
?>