function mysql-list-fields - List MySQL table fields

Description

resource mysql_list_fields ( string $database_name , string $table_name [, resource $link_identifier ] )

Retrieves information about the given table name.

This function is deprecated. It is preferable to use mysql_query() to issue an SQL SHOW COLUMNS FROM table [LIKE 'name'] statement instead.

Parameters

database_name: The name of the database that's being queried.
table_name: The name of the table that's being queried.
link_identifier: The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an E_WARNING level error is generated.

Return Values

A result pointer resource on success, or FALSE on failure.

The returned result can be used with mysql_field_flags(), mysql_field_len(), mysql_field_name() and mysql_field_type().

Examples

Example #1 Alternate to deprecated mysql_list_fields()

 <?php
$result = mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM sometable");
if (!$result) {
    echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
    exit;
}
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        print_r($row);
    }
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

 Array (     [Field] => id     [Type] => int(7)     [Null] =>       [Key] => PRI     [Default] =>     [Extra] => auto_increment ) Array (     [Field] => email     [Type] => varchar(100)     [Null] =>     [Key] =>     [Default] =>     [Extra] => )

Notes

Note:
For backward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_listfields()

mysql_list_fields

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