PHP mysql_list_tables function

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mysql_list_tables

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

Retrieves a list of table names from a MySQL database.

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

The name of the database

The MySQL connection. If the
link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by
mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it
will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called
with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an
E_WARNING level warning is generated.

A result pointer resource 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().

Example 1. mysql_list_tables() alternative example

$dbname = 'mysql_dbname';
 
if (!mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')) {
    echo 'Could not connect to mysql';
    exit;
}
 
$sql = "SHOW TABLES FROM $dbname";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
 
if (!$result) {
    echo "DB Error, could not list tables\n";
    echo 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_error();
    exit;
}
 
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
    echo "Table: {$row[0]}\n";
}
 
mysql_free_result($result);

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