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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.pg-field-name" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_field_name</refname>
<refpurpose>Returns the name of a field</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>pg_field_name</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>field_number</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>pg_field_name</function> returns the name of the field
occupying the given <parameter>field_number</parameter> in the
given PostgreSQL <parameter>result</parameter> resource. Field
numbering starts from 0.
</para>
<note>
<para>
This function used to be called <function>pg_fieldname</function>.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by <function>pg_query</function>,
<function>pg_query_params</function> or <function>pg_execute</function>
(among others).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>field_number</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Field number, starting from 0.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
The field name, or &false; on error.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Getting information about fields</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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";
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
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
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>pg_field_num</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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