pg_field_num
    (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_field_num -- Returns the field number of the named field
Description
int 
pg_field_num ( resource result, string field_name )
   pg_field_num() will return the number of the
   field number that corresponds to the
   field_name in the given PostgreSQL
   result resource.
  
Note: 
    This function used to be called pg_fieldnum().
   
Return Values
   The field number (numbered from 0), or -1 on error.
  
Examples
   
Example 1. Getting information about fields 
<?php   $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
    $res = pg_query($dbconn, "select author, year, title from authors where author = 'Orwell'");      echo "Column 'title' is field number: ", pg_field_num($res, 'title'); ?>
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 The above example will output: Column 'title' is field number: 2  |  
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