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Last updated: Thu, 19 May 2005

mysql_tablename

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

mysql_tablename -- Get table name of field

Description

string mysql_tablename ( resource result, int i )

Retrieves the table name from a result.

This function deprecated. It is preferable to use mysql_query() to issue a SQL SHOW TABLES [FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern'] statement instead.

Parameters

result

A result pointer resource that's returned from mysql_list_tables().

i

The integer index (row/table number)

Return Values

The name of the table on success, or FALSE on failure.

Use the mysql_tablename() function to traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables, such as mysql_fetch_array().

Examples

Example 1. mysql_tablename() example

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
$result = mysql_list_tables("mydb");
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_rows; $i++) {
   echo "Table: ", mysql_tablename($result, $i), "\n";
}

mysql_free_result($result);
?>

Notes

Note: The mysql_num_rows() function may be used to determine the number of tables in the result pointer.

See Also

mysql_list_tables()
mysql_field_table()
mysql_db_name()



User Contributed Notes
mysql_tablename
Haseldow
23-Apr-2004 07:00
Another way to check if a table exists:

if(mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SHOW TABLES LIKE '".$table."'"))==1) echo "Table exists";
else echo "Table does not exist";
pl at thinkmetrics dot com
17-Dec-2003 10:00
A simple function to check for the existance of a table:

function TableExists($tablename, $db) {
  
   // Get a list of tables contained within the database.
   $result = mysql_list_tables($db);
   $rcount = mysql_num_rows($result);

   // Check each in list for a match.
   for ($i=0;$i<$rcount;$i++) {
       if (mysql_tablename($result, $i)==$tablename) return true;
   }
   return false;
}

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