PHP: mysql_field_name

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mysql_field_name

jimharris at blueyonder dot co dot uk
20-Dec-2004 08:28


The code in the last comment has an obvious mistake in the for loop expression.  The correct expression in the for-loop is $x<$y rather than $x<=$y...



$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());

$rowcount=mysql_num_rows($result);

$y=mysql_num_fields($result);

for ($x=0; $x<$y; $x++) {

   echo = mysql_field_name($result, $x).'<br>';

}

colin dot truran at shiftf7 dot com
17-Dec-2004 06:44


T simply itterate through all the field names on a result set try using this.



$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());

$rowcount=mysql_num_rows($result);

$y=mysql_num_fields($result);

for ($x=0; $x<=$y; $x++) {

    echo = mysql_field_name($result, $x).'<br>';

}



This is useful if you have a result set that joins several tables dynamicaly and you are never sure what all the fields will be when you come to display them.



I suggest you place this within a loop through your result rows and include a field flag check  around the echo to only show certain data types like this.



$y=mysql_num_fields($result);

while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

  for ($x=0; $x<=$y; $x++) {

    $fieldname=mysql_field_name($result,$x);

    $fieldtype=mysql_field_type($result, $x);

    if ($fieldtype=='string' && $row[$fieldname]!='')    

       echo $row[$fieldname].' , ';

   }

   echo '<br>';

}

aaronp123 att yahoo dott comm
21-Feb-2003 08:27


You could probably elaborate on this by sending a full sql query to this function...but I titled it simple_query() because it doesn't really allow for joins.  Never the less, if you want to get a quick array full of a single row result set this is painless:



function simple_query($table_name, $key_col, $key_val) {

    // open the db

    $db_link = my_sql_link();

    // query table using key col/val

    $db_rs = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE $key_col = $key_val", $db_link);

    $num_fields = mysql_num_fields($db_rs);

    if ($num_fields) {

        // first (and only) row

        $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($db_rs);

        // load up array

        for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++) {

            $simple_q[mysql_field_name($db_rs, $i)] = $row[mysql_field_name($db_rs, $i)];

        }

        // and return

        return $simple_q;

    } else {

        // no rows

        return false;

    }

    mysql_free_result($db_rs);

}



**Please note that my_sql_link() is just a function I have to open up a my sql connection.**

jason dot chambes at phishie dot net
20-Feb-2003 08:07


<?

/*

    By simply calling the searchtable() function

    with these variables it will serach the desired

    database and procude a table for each field that

    there is a match.

*/



function searchtable($host,$user,$pass,$database,$tablename,$userquery)

{

    $link   = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());

    $db     = mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die(mysql_error());

    $fields = mysql_list_fields($database, $tablename, $link);

    $cols   = mysql_num_fields($fields);



    for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++) {

        $allfields[] = mysql_field_name($fields, $i);

    }

    foreach ($allfields as $myfield) {

        $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tablename WHERE $myfield like '%$userquery%' ");

        if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){

            echo "<h3>search <i>$database</i> for <i>$userquery</i>, found match(es) in <i>$myfield</i>: </h3>\n";

            echo "<table border=1 align=\"center\">\n\t<tr>\n";

            for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++) {

                echo "\t\t<th";

                if ($myfield == mysql_field_name($fields, $i)){

                    echo " bgcolor=\"orange\"> ";

                } else {

                    echo ">";

                }

                echo mysql_field_name($fields, $i) . "</th>\n";

            }

            echo "\t</tr>\n";

            $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);

            do {

                echo "\t<tr>\n";

                for ($i = 1; $i < $cols; $i++){

                    echo "\t\t<td> $myrow[$i] &nbsp;</td>\n";

                }

                echo "\t</tr>\n";

            } while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));

            echo "</table>\n";

        }

    }

}



searchtable($host,$user,$pass,$database,$tablename,$userquery);

?>

zan at stargeek dot com
14-Jan-2003 11:45


a simple example of how to use mysql_field_name to create column headings for a dynamically generated excel file from a mysql db. http://www.stargeek.com/scripts.php?script=2&cat=sql

matt at iwdt dot net
23-Sep-2001 08:09


here's one way to print out a row of <th> tags from a table


NOTE: i didn't test this





$result = mysql_query("select * from table");





for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields($result); $i++) {


    print "<th>".mysql_field_name($result, $i)."</th>\n";


}





post a comment if there's an error

wade at staffordware dot com
04-Nov-1999 06:06


If a field returned by the result contains NULL then that field name will not be returned (WIN32).

mysql_field_name

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