Hi Johannes: > The documentation tells > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/c-api-data-structures.html > > So it is working in bytes and has to hold all possible values.
That's how MySQL's internal API works. At the same time, PHP's users expect PHP to behave as documented. http://php.net/mysqli_fetch_field says length is "The width of the field, as specified in the table definition." Thanks, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
