The field info bit-flags used by MySql are:
(Thanks to ragtag at hotmail dot com)
<?php
/*
NOT_NULL_FLAG = 1
PRI_KEY_FLAG = 2
UNIQUE_KEY_FLAG = 4
BLOB_FLAG = 16
UNSIGNED_FLAG = 32
ZEROFILL_FLAG = 64
BINARY_FLAG = 128
ENUM_FLAG = 256
AUTO_INCREMENT_FLAG = 512
TIMESTAMP_FLAG = 1024
SET_FLAG = 2048
NUM_FLAG = 32768
PART_KEY_FLAG = 16384
GROUP_FLAG = 32768
UNIQUE_FLAG = 65536
*/
// To test if a flag is set you can use & like so:
$meta = $mysqli_result_object->fetch_field();
if ($meta->flags & 4) {
echo 'Unique key flag is set';
}
?>