pg_field_size
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_field_size -- Returns the internal storage size of the named field
Description
int
pg_field_size ( resource result, int field_number )
pg_field_size() returns the internal storage size (in bytes) of the field number in the given PostgreSQL result.
Note: This function used to be called pg_fieldsize().
Return Values
The internal field storage size (in bytes). -1 indicates a variable length field. FALSE is returned on error.
Examples
Example 1. Getting information about fields <?php
$dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
$res = pg_query($dbconn, "select * from authors where author = 'Orwell'");
$i = pg_num_fields($res);
for ($j = 0; $j < $i; $j++) {
echo "column $j\n";
$fieldname = pg_field_name($res, $j);
echo "fieldname: $fieldname\n";
echo "printed length: " . pg_field_prtlen($res, $fieldname) . " characters\n";
echo "storage length: " . pg_field_size($res, $j) . " bytes\n";
echo "field type: " . pg_field_type($res, $j) . " \n\n";
}
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The above example will output: column 0 fieldname: author printed length: 6 characters storage length: -1 bytes field type: varchar column 1 fieldname: year printed length: 4 characters storage length: 2 bytes field type: int2 column 2 fieldname: title printed length: 24 characters storage length: -1 bytes field type: varchar |
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