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# ifx_fieldproperties

(3.0.3 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

ifx_fieldproperties -- List of SQL fieldproperties

## Description

``array ifx_fieldproperties` (int result_id)`

Returns an associative array with fieldnames as key and the SQL fieldproperties as data for a query with `result_id`. Returns `FALSE` on error.

Returns the Informix SQL fieldproperies of every field in the query as an associative array. Properties are encoded as: "SQLTYPE;length;precision;scale;ISNULLABLE" where SQLTYPE = the Informix type like "SQLVCHAR" etc. and ISNULLABLE = "Y" or "N".

Example 1. Informix SQL fieldproperties
    $properties = ifx_fieldproperties ($resultid);
    if (! isset($properties)) {
      ... error ...
    }
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($properties); $i++) {
        $fname = key ($properties);
        printf ("%s:\t type =  %s\n", $fname, $properties[$fname]);
        next ($properties);
    }

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