getColumnGenerationExpression() public method

Returns the generation expression for virtual columns
public getColumnGenerationExpression ( string $column = null ) : array | boolean
$column string name of the column
return array | boolean associative array of column name and their expressions or false on failure
             break;
         case 'NULL':
         case 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP':
             $columnMeta['Default'] = $columnMeta['DefaultType'];
             break;
     }
     $length = Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_length.{$columnNumber}", $length);
     $submit_attribute = Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_attribute.{$columnNumber}", false);
     $comments_map[$columnMeta['Field']] = Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_comments.{$columnNumber}");
     $mime_map[$columnMeta['Field']] = array_merge($mime_map[$columnMeta['Field']], array('mimetype' => Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_mimetype.{${$columnNumber}}"), 'transformation' => Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_transformation.{${$columnNumber}}"), 'transformation_options' => Util\get($_REQUEST, "field_transformation_options.{${$columnNumber}}")));
 } elseif (isset($fields_meta[$columnNumber])) {
     $columnMeta = $fields_meta[$columnNumber];
     $virtual = array('VIRTUAL', 'PERSISTENT', 'VIRTUAL GENERATED', 'STORED GENERATED');
     if (in_array($columnMeta['Extra'], $virtual)) {
         $tableObj = new Table($GLOBALS['table'], $GLOBALS['db']);
         $expressions = $tableObj->getColumnGenerationExpression($columnMeta['Field']);
         $columnMeta['Expression'] = $expressions[$columnMeta['Field']];
     }
     switch ($columnMeta['Default']) {
         case null:
             if (is_null($columnMeta['Default'])) {
                 // null
                 if ($columnMeta['Null'] == 'YES') {
                     $columnMeta['DefaultType'] = 'NULL';
                     $columnMeta['DefaultValue'] = '';
                 } else {
                     $columnMeta['DefaultType'] = 'NONE';
                     $columnMeta['DefaultValue'] = '';
                 }
             } else {
                 // empty