Php/docs/function.mysql-fetch-lengths
mysql_fetch_lengths
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
mysql_fetch_lengths — Get the length of each output in a result
Warning This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0, and it was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also MySQL: choosing an API guide and related FAQ for more information. Alternatives to this function include:
Description
mysql_fetch_lengths
( resource $result
) : array|false
Returns an array that corresponds to the lengths of each field in the last row fetched by MySQL.
mysql_fetch_lengths() stores the lengths of each result column in the last row returned by mysql_fetch_row(), mysql_fetch_assoc(), mysql_fetch_array(), and mysql_fetch_object() in an array, starting at offset 0.
Parameters
result- The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mysql_query().
Return Values
An array of lengths on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 A mysql_fetch_lengths() example
<?php$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");if (!$result) { echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error(); exit;}$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);$lengths = mysql_fetch_lengths($result);print_r($row);print_r($lengths);?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[id] => 42
[email] => [email protected]
)
Array
(
[0] => 2
[1] => 16
)
See Also
- mysql_field_len() - Returns the length of the specified field
- mysql_fetch_row() - Get a result row as an enumerated array
- strlen() - Get string length
