(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)
mysql_field_type -- 
     Get the type of the specified field in a result
    
Description
string 
mysql_field_type ( iresource result, int field_offset)
     mysql_field_type() is similar to the
     mysql_field_name() function. The arguments are
     identical, but the field type is returned instead. The field type
     will be one of "int", "real", "string", "blob", and others as
     detailed in the MySQL
     documentation.
     
Example 1. MySQL field types <?php
    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_username", "mysql_password");
    mysql_select_db("mysql");
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM func");
    $fields = mysql_num_fields($result);
    $rows   = mysql_num_rows($result);
    $table = mysql_field_table($result, 0);
    echo "Your '".$table."' table has ".$fields." fields and ".$rows." record(s)\n";
    echo "The table has the following fields:\n";
    for ($i=0; $i < $fields; $i++) {
        $type  = mysql_field_type($result, $i);
        $name  = mysql_field_name($result, $i);
        $len   = mysql_field_len($result, $i);
        $flags = mysql_field_flags($result, $i);
        echo $type." ".$name." ".$len." ".$flags."\n";
    }
    mysql_free_result($result);
    mysql_close();
?> |  
 
       The above example would produce the following output:
       Your 'func' table has 4 fields and 1 record(s)
The table has the following fields:
string name 64 not_null primary_key binary
int ret 1 not_null
string dl 128 not_null
string type 9 not_null enum  |  
  | 
    
     For downward compatibility mysql_fieldtype()
     can also be used. This is deprecated, however.