PostgreSQL Functions
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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.

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
  • pg_field_type