<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno($con))
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

$sql="SELECT Lastname,Age FROM Persons ORDER BY Lastname";

if ($result=mysqli_query($con,$sql))
{
// Get field info for 1st column ("Lastname")
mysqli_field_seek($result,0);
$fieldinfo=mysqli_fetch_field($result);

printf("Name: %sn",$fieldinfo->name);
printf("Table: %sn",$fieldinfo->table);
printf("max. Len: %dn",$fieldinfo->max_length);

// Free result set
mysqli_free_result($result);
}

mysqli_close($con);
?>