Question

Does any one know how can I find the column name for a selected table in php?

Exmaple:
If i have a table call customer as below:

cust_id    cust_name   cust_age
1          Alan        35      
2          Alex        52
3          Amy         15

How can I get the column name only in php when I select customer table (which it will return me value are cust_id, cust_name and cust_age)?

Answer 1

If your database is MySQL then, you can use mysql_field_name() and mysql_fetch_field() function in php.

$res = mysql_query('select * from customer', $link);

echo mysql_field_name($res, 0); // print cust_id
echo mysql_field_name($res, 1); // print cust_name 
echo mysql_field_name($res, 2); // print cust_age

You can check this http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-field-name.php

If you want other information for fields then check this out
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-field.php