Php/docs/function.pg-field-size
pg_field_size
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_field_size — Returns the internal storage size of the named field
Description
pg_field_size
( resource $result
, int $field_number
) : int
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().
Parameters
result- PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by pg_query(), pg_query_params() or pg_execute() (among others).
field_number- Field number, starting from 0.
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"; }?>
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
See Also
- pg_field_prtlen() - Returns the printed length
- pg_field_type() - Returns the type name for the corresponding field number
