# sybase_fetch_field

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

sybase_fetch_field — Get field information from a result

### Description

object sybase_fetch_field ( resource `$result` [, int `$field_offset` ] )

sybase_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result.

### Parameters

`result`

`field_offset`

  If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retrieved by sybase_fetch_field() is retrieved.

### Return Values

Returns an object containing field information.

The properties of the object are:

- name - column name. if the column is a result of a function, this property is set to computed#N, where #N is a serial number.
- column_source - the table from which the column was taken
- max_length - maximum length of the column
- numeric - 1 if the column is numeric
- type - datatype of the column

### See Also

- sybase_field_seek()