list all tables in a database with MySQLi
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Solution 1
There are many ways.
SHOW TABLES
Is the most simple SQL statement for doing that. You can also take a look at INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
if you want to have more details or do some filtering or such.
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA LIKE 'your_database';
Solution 2
Using PHP 5.5 or later, a simple solution is using PHP's built-in array_column() function.
$link = mysqli_connect(DBHOST, DBUSER, DBPASS, DBNAME);
$listdbtables = array_column($link->query('SHOW TABLES')->fetch_all(),0);
Solution 3
I'd try something like:
function get_tables()
{
$tableList = array();
$res = mysqli_query($this->conn,"SHOW TABLES");
while($cRow = mysqli_fetch_array($res))
{
$tableList[] = $cRow[0];
}
return $tableList;
}
Comments
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Run almost 3 years
I have looked around and still can't find how to list all my tables in a database. is it possible with MySQLi?
Thanks.