note 57104 added to function.mysql-list-fields

You can also try this to get the column names into an array. // Use this to get the field names from a query. $query_string = "SELECT * FROM table"; $result_str1 = mysql_query($query_string); $str1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result_str1); $str1 = array_keys($str1); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-list-fields.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57104 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57104&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57104&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php