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Asked: 2026-05-25T06:49:29+00:00

I’m working on an edit view which takes a database table as argument, then

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I’m working on an edit view which takes a database table as argument, then loads the fieldnames and display textboxes, textareas etc.

However, I don’t really want textboxes for every field. Some fields in my database are of the TEXT type; for them i want to display a textarea. Other fields are TINYINT, for them I want to display a checkbox.

Is it possible to determine the type of a database field and then work from that in my PHP?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    SHOW COLUMNS FROM table; provides the information you’ll need.

    Have a look here for more information http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/show-columns.html

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