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# pg_field_name

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

pg_field_name -- Returns the name of a field

## Description

string pg_field_name ( resource result, int field_number )

pg_field_name() returns the name of the field occupying the given field_number in the given PostgreSQL result resource. Field numbering starts from 0.

> Note: This function used to be called pg_fieldname().

## 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 field name, or `FALSE` 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_num()

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