diff --git a/libraries/export/texytext.php b/libraries/export/texytext.php
index d248c1b605..87e5ea549e 100644
--- a/libraries/export/texytext.php
+++ b/libraries/export/texytext.php
@@ -252,38 +252,21 @@ if (isset($plugin_list)) {
         foreach ($columns as $column) {
 
             $text_output = '';
-            $type             = $column['Type'];
-            // reformat mysql query output
-            // set or enum types: slashes single quotes inside options
-            if (preg_match('/^(set|enum)\((.+)\)$/i', $type, $tmp)) {
-                $tmp[2]       = substr(preg_replace('/([^,])\'\'/', '\\1\\\'', ',' . $tmp[2]), 1);
-                $type         = $tmp[1] . '(' . str_replace(',', ', ', $tmp[2]) . ')';
-                $type_nowrap  = '';
 
-                $binary       = 0;
-                $unsigned     = 0;
-                $zerofill     = 0;
-            } else {
-                $type_nowrap  = ' nowrap="nowrap"';
-                $type         = preg_replace('/BINARY/i', '', $type);
-                $type         = preg_replace('/ZEROFILL/i', '', $type);
-                $type         = preg_replace('/UNSIGNED/i', '', $type);
-                if (empty($type)) {
-                    $type     = ' ';
-                }
-
-                $binary       = preg_match('/BINARY/i', $column['Type']);
-                $unsigned     = preg_match('/UNSIGNED/i', $column['Type']);
-                $zerofill     = preg_match('/ZEROFILL/i', $column['Type']);
+            $extracted_fieldspec = PMA_extractFieldSpec($row['Type']);
+            $type = $extracted_fieldspec['print_type'];
+            if (empty($type)) {
+                $type     = ' ';
             }
+
             $attribute     = ' ';
-            if ($binary) {
+            if ($extracted_fieldspec['binary']) {
                 $attribute = 'BINARY';
             }
-            if ($unsigned) {
+            if ($extracted_fieldspec['unsigned']) {
                 $attribute = 'UNSIGNED';
             }
-            if ($zerofill) {
+            if ($extracted_fieldspec['zerofill']) {
                 $attribute = 'UNSIGNED ZEROFILL';
             }
             if (! isset($column['Default'])) {