2 files changed, 18 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index ddcaff323..abef80fbd 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 
 	// whether SET NAMES must be used to set the character set
 	var $use_set_names;
-	
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -135,20 +135,9 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function _db_set_charset($charset, $collation)
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($this->use_set_names))
-		{
-			// mysqli_set_charset() requires MySQL >= 5.0.7, use SET NAMES as fallback
-			$this->use_set_names = (version_compare(mysqli_get_server_info($this->conn_id), '5.0.7', '>=')) ? FALSE : TRUE;
-		}
-
-		if ($this->use_set_names === TRUE)
-		{
-			return @mysqli_query($this->conn_id, "SET NAMES '".$this->escape_str($charset)."' COLLATE '".$this->escape_str($collation)."'");
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return @mysqli_set_charset($this->conn_id, $charset);
-		}
+		return function_exists('mysqli_set_charset')
+			? @mysqli_set_charset($this->conn_id, $charset)
+			: @mysqli_query($this->conn_id, "SET NAMES '".$this->escape_str($charset)."' COLLATE '".$this->escape_str($collation)."'");
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -442,7 +431,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		return "SELECT * FROM ".$table." LIMIT 1";
+		return "DESCRIBE ".$table;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -570,7 +559,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	{
 		return "INSERT INTO ".$table." (".implode(', ', $keys).") VALUES ".implode(', ', $values);
 	}
-	
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
index c4d8f5d58..bbfb8481a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
@@ -84,21 +84,26 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_result extends CI_DB_result {
 	function field_data()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		while ($field = mysqli_fetch_field($this->result_id))
+		while ($field = mysqli_fetch_object($this->result_id))
 		{
+			preg_match('/([a-zA-Z]+)(\((\d+)\))?/i', $field->Type, $matches);
+
+			$type = $matches[1];
+			$length = isset($matches[3]) ? (int) $matches[3] : NULL;
+
 			$F				= new stdClass();
-			$F->name		= $field->name;
-			$F->type		= $field->type;
-			$F->default		= $field->def;
-			$F->max_length	= $field->max_length;
-			$F->primary_key = ($field->flags & MYSQLI_PRI_KEY_FLAG) ? 1 : 0;
+			$F->name		= $field->Field;
+			$F->type		= $type;
+			$F->default		= $field->Default;
+			$F->max_length	= $length;
+			$F->primary_key = ( $field->Key == 'PRI' ? 1 : 0 );
 
 			$retval[] = $F;
 		}
 
 		return $retval;
 	}
-
+	
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**