pg_field_size

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)

pg_field_size --  Returns the internal storage size of the named field

Description

int pg_field_size ( resource result, int field_number)

pg_field_size() returns the internal storage size (in bytes) of the field number in the given PostgreSQL result. Field numbering starts at 0. A field size of -1 indicates a variable length field. This function will return FALSE on error.

See the example given at the pg_field_name() page.

Note: This function used to be called pg_fieldsize().

See also pg_field_prtlen() and pg_field_type().