# mssql_field_length

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp:1.1.1-1.1.4)

mssql_field_length — Get the length of a field

### Description

int mssql_field_length ( resource `$result` [, int `$offset` ] )

Returns the length of field no. `offset` in `result` .

### Parameters

`result`

  The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().

`offset`

  The field offset, starts at 0. If omitted, the current field is used.

### Return Values

The length of the specified field index on success, or `FALSE` on failure.

### Notes

> Note: Note to Win32 Users Due to a limitation in the underlying API used by PHP (MS DbLib C API), the length of VARCHAR fields is limited to 255. If you need to store more data, use a TEXT field instead.

### See Also

- mssql_field_name()
- mssql_field_type()