From: damir21 at hotmail dot com Operating system: Win 7 PHP version: 5.2.12 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: mysql_list_fields deprecated
Description: ------------ I am trying to fetch a complete mySQL table schema and I found a great function in between the comments for the mysql_fetch_field function. On the documentation page for mysql_fetch_field function you are using $result handle like this $result = mysql_query('select * from table'); .... $meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i); The problem is, that the $meta->def value is ALWAYS empty. The problem is also noted here: http://www.phpdig.net/ref/rn41re784.html Te only way it works is if I use a deprecated function (mysql_list_fields()) like this: $result = mysql_list_fields ($dbname, $tablename); .... $meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, $i); in this case the $meta->def is populated correctly! Please make it clear in the documentations OR make it work correctly with you preffered method: $result = mysql_query('select * from table'); best regards Reproduce code: --------------- --- >From manual page: function.mysql_fetch_field#Examples --- <?php mysql_connect("127.0.0.1","nobody",""); $result = mysql_query('select * from table'); //... $meta = mysql_fetch_field($result, 0); echo $meta->def; ?> Expected result: ---------------- 0 Actual result: -------------- null -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50685&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50685&r=mysqlcfg