mysql_list_tables

Description

mysql_list_tables() takes a database name and returns a result pointer much like the mysql_query() function. Use the mysql_tablename() function to traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables, such as mysql_fetch_array().

The database parameter is the name of the database to retrieve the list of tables from. Upon failure, mysql_list_tables() returns FALSE.

For downward compatibility, the function alias named mysql_listtables() can be used. This is deprecated however and is not recommended.

Example 1. mysql_list_tables() example <?php $dbname = 'mysql_dbname'; if (!mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')) { print 'Could not connect to mysql'; exit; } $result = mysql_list_tables($dbname); if (!$result) { print "DB Error, could not list tables\n"; print 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_error(); exit; } while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { print "Table: $row[0]\n"; } mysql_free_result($result); ?>

See also mysql_list_dbs() and mysql_tablename().