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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] mysqli_fetch_field() mysqlnd & libmysql differences
From: danielc@analysisandsolutions.com (Daniel Convissor)

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

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