<?php
$session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@localhost");

$session->sql("DROP DATABASE addressbook")->execute();
$session->sql("CREATE DATABASE foo")->execute();
$session->sql("CREATE TABLE foo.test_table(x int)")->execute();
$session->sql("INSERT INTO addressbook.names values ('John', 42), ('Sam', 33)")->execute();

$sql = $session->sql("SELECT * from addressbook.names")->execute();

$cols = $sql->getColumns();
  
print_r($cols);

   

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [0] => mysql_xdevapi\FieldMetadata Object
        (
            [type] => 7
            [type_name] => BYTES
            [name] => name
            [original_name] => name
            [table] => names
            [original_table] => names
            [schema] => addressbook
            [catalog] => def
            [collation] => 255
            [fractional_digits] => 0
            [length] => 65535
            [flags] => 0
            [content_type] => 0
        )
    [1] => mysql_xdevapi\FieldMetadata Object
        (
            [type] => 1
            [type_name] => SINT
            [name] => age
            [original_name] => age
            [table] => names
            [original_table] => names
            [schema] => addressbook
            [catalog] => def
            [collation] => 0
            [fractional_digits] => 0
            [length] => 11
            [flags] => 0
            [content_type] => 0
        )
)