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mysql_db_name

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.6, PHP 4, PHP 5)

mysql_db_name -- Get result data

Description

string mysql_db_name ( resource result, int row [, mixed field] )

Retrieve the database name from a call to mysql_list_dbs().

Parameters

result

The result pointer from a call to mysql_list_dbs().

row

The index into the result set.

field

The field name.

Return Values

Returns the database name on success, and FALSE on failure. If FALSE is returned, use mysql_error() to determine the nature of the error.

Examples

Example 1. mysql_db_name() example

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$link = mysql_connect('dbhost', 'username', 'password');
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($link);

$i = 0;
$cnt = mysql_num_rows($db_list);
while ($i < $cnt) {
   echo mysql_db_name($db_list, $i) . "\n";
   $i++;
}
?>

Notes

Note: For downward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_dbname()

See Also

mysql_list_dbs()
mysql_tablename()



User Contributed Notes
mysql_db_name
ericpp % bigfoot.com
16-Mar-2005 10:13
If you just need the current database name, you can use MySQL's SELECT DATABASE() command:

<?php
function mysql_current_db() {
   $r = mysql_query("SELECT DATABASE()") or die(mysql_error());
   return mysql_result($r,0);
}
?>

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