Are there any specific functions or methods in PHP that can help in retrieving MySQL column types?

To retrieve MySQL column types in PHP, you can use the `mysqli_fetch_fields` function to get information about the columns in a result set. This function returns an array of objects, each representing a column in the result set, with properties like name, table, length, type, and flags. 

// Connect to MySQL database
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Execute query
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM your_table");

// Get column types
$columns = $result->fetch_fields();

// Output column types
foreach ($columns as $column) {
    echo "Column: " . $column->name . ", Type: " . $column->type . "<br>";
}

// Free result set
$result->free();

// Close connection
$mysqli->close();

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