Integer

Last updated on
11 February 2018

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Int field type is used for storing integers, such as node IDs and user IDs.

Sample Code:
$field['fieldname'] = array(
  'type' => 'int',
  'unsigned' => TRUE,
  'size' => 'small', // tiny / small / medium / normal / big
  'not null' => TRUE, 
  'description' => t('Field fieldname of tablename.'),
)
MySQL field mappings in the schema.inc file: 
      'int:tiny'        => 'TINYINT',
      'int:small'       => 'SMALLINT',
      'int:medium'      => 'MEDIUMINT',
      'int:big'         => 'BIGINT',
      'int:normal'      => 'INT',
Size key takes one of tiny, small, medium, normal or big as value.
Storage requirements and Maximum Values:
Type         Storage            Minimum Value        Maximum Value  
             (Bytes)          (Signed/Unsigned)    (Signed/Unsigned)

TINY: SIGNED     1                   -128                  127

TINY: UNSIGNED                          0                  255


SMALL:SIGNED     2                 -32768                32767

SMALL: UNSIGNED                         0                65535


MEDIUM: SIGNED   3               -8388608               8388607

MEDIUM: UNSIGNED                        0              16777215


NORMAL: SIGNED   4            -2147483648            2147483647

NORMAL: UNSIGNED                        0            4294967295


BIG: SIGNED       8  -9223372036854775808   9223372036854775807

BIG: UNSIGNED                           0  18446744073709551615

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