Re: mysqli_fetch_field() mysqlnd & libmysql differences

Hi, On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 08:31 -0500, Daniel Convissor wrote: > 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." We have to live with the information the server gives us. The server gives us the information in bytes. And frankly in PHP a string has no encoding information, so in many cases that is a good answer. But nonetheless the documentation should be improved/fixed. johannes