Req #61053 [NEW]: mysql_fetch_field should return type = "enum" and enum options

From: Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.10 Package: MySQL related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:mysql_fetch_field should return type = "enum" and enum options Description: ------------ mysql_fetch_field returns type = "string" for enum fields in the MySQL database, but should instead return "enum" and an array of possible values for convenience. Test script: --------------- <?php $connect = mysql_connect('localhost','user','password'); mysql_select_db('some_database',$connect); $query = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM table'); var_dump(mysql_fetch_field($query,1)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- array(12) { ... ["type"]=> string(6) "string" ... } Actual result: -------------- array(12) { ... ["type"]=> array(3) { string(1) "a" [1]=> string(1) "b" [2]=> string(1) "c" } ... } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61053&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61053&r=mysqlcfg