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Bug #19385 mysql_field_type
Submitted: 2002-09-13 02:32 UTC Modified: 2002-09-13 04:31 UTC
From: vlada at activemedia dot co dot yu Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: MySQL related
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: Windows 2000
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-09-13 02:32 UTC] vlada at activemedia dot co dot yu 
I'm using MySQL V3.23.51-nt.
When used "mysql_field_type" function I found wrong reported types -- or differentone than with "SHOW FIELDS FROM". Here are only some examples:
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mysql_field_type         | SHOW FIELDS FROM
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string                   | varchar(150)
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blob                     | text
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int                      | int(11)
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int                      | tinyint(4)
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real                     | float
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year                     | year(4)
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I hope it would help you to find out where is a problem. It seems that mysql_field_type has poor description of the filed types and many similar types it reports the same

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 [2002-09-13 04:31 UTC] georg@php.net 
mysql_field_type returns if there is an equivalent datatype, the php datatype, otherwise the MySQL data type.

Note that there is no diffrence between blob and text in MYSQL_FIELD structure.

To get the exact mysql datatypes from a table use mysql_query ("describe table").
 
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