How can PHP be used to read the MySQL column type, similar to how it is displayed in PHPMyAdmin?

To read the MySQL column type in PHP, you can use the `mysqli_fetch_field_direct` function to retrieve information about a specific column in a result set. This function returns an object that contains various properties, including the column type. You can then access the `type` property of this object to get the column type, similar to how it is displayed in PHPMyAdmin. 

// Connect to the database
$connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Execute a query and get the result set
$result = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT * FROM table");

// Get the field information for a specific column (e.g., the first column)
$column_info = mysqli_fetch_field_direct($result, 0);

// Get the column type
$column_type = $column_info->type;

// Output the column type
echo "Column type: " . $column_type;

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