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PHP : Function Reference : MySQL Functions : mysql_field_len

mysql_field_len

Returns the length of the specified field (PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)
int mysql_field_len ( resource result, int field_offset )

Example 1437. mysql_field_len() example

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<?php

$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");

if (!$result) {

    echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();

    exit;

}

// Will get the length of the id field as specified in the database

// schema. 
$length = mysql_field_len($result, 0);

echo $length;
?>

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Code Examples / Notes » mysql_field_len

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For a mysql type DECIMAL(8,4), the length is returned as 10 (M+2 as per documentation).

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