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pg_fieldtype

Name

pg_fieldtype — Displays the field type.

Synopsis

string pg_fieldtype(result, field); int result: Result identifier int field: Field number

Returns

Field type

Description

Returns the data type of the field specified by the field number.

Example

Example 1039. Display field type

$db = pg_connect("host=dbserver dbname=db user=dbuser password=dbpasswd");
$result = pg_exec($db,"SELECT * FROM employees");
// traverse rows
for ($i=0; $i < pg_numrows($result); $i++) {
  echo "<b>ROW $i</b><BR>\n";
  // traverse each field
  for ($j=0; $j < pg_numfields($result); $j++) {
    $field = pg_fieldname($result,$j);
    echo "Field $field is type ";
    echo pg_fieldtype($result,$field);
    echo "<BR>\n";
  }
}

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