mysql_field_type
    (PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)
mysql_field_type -- 
     Get the type of the specified field in a result
    
Description
string 
mysql_field_type ( resource 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_type() example | 
<?phpmysql_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.