Set cursor to the first column, print the field's name, table, and max length in PHP

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

     $sql="SELECT name FROM employee";

     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: %s\n",$fieldinfo->name);
             printf("Table: %s\n",$fieldinfo->table);
             printf("max. Len: %d\n",$fieldinfo->max_length);

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

      mysqli_close($con);
?>