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ifx_fieldtypes

Name

ifx_fieldtypes — Returns an associative array of field types

Synopsis

array ifx_fieldtypes(result); int result: Result handler

Returns

Array or FALSE on error

Description

Returns an associative array of the field types of columns returned from the query. The array key is the column name.

Version

Since version 3.0.3 and 4.0

Example

Example 565. Show field names and types from a query

function print_error($text) {
   echo "There was an error reported by the database.\n";
   echo "Error reported was: $text";
   die();
}

$conn = @ifx_connect("stores7@demo_se", "testuser", "password");

if (!$result = @ifx_query("SELECT * FROM items", $conn)) {
   print_error(ifx_errormsg());
   
} else {
   $types = ifx_fieldtypes($result);

   print("<table border=1>");
   print("<tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th></tr>");
   foreach($types as $column=>$type) {
      printf("<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>\n", $column, $type);
   }
   print"</table>";
}

Example 566. Emulate ifx_htmltbl_result() function

function print_error($text) {
   echo "There was an error reported by the database.\n";
   echo "Error reported was: $text";
   die();
}

$conn = @ifx_connect("stores7@demo_se", "testuser", "password");

if (!$result = @ifx_query("SELECT * FROM items", $conn)) {
   print_error(ifx_errormsg());
   
} else {
   $names = ifx_fieldtypes($result);
   
   print("<table border=1>");
   
   print("<tr>");
      do  {
         printf("<td>%s</td>", key($names));
      } while (each($names));
   print("</tr>\n");

   reset($names);
   
   for ($i=0; $i < ifx_affected_rows($result); $i++) {
      $row = ifx_fetch_row($result);
      print("<tr>");
      do  {
         printf("<td>%s</td>", $row[key($names)]);
      } while (each($names));
      
      reset($names);
      print("</tr>\n");
   }

   print"</table>";
}

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