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# mysql_list_tables

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

mysql_list_tables -- List tables in a MySQL database

## Description

resource mysql_list_tables ( string database [, resource link_identifier])

mysql_list_tables() takes a database name and returns a result pointer much like the mysql_query() function. You can use the mysql_tablename() function to extract the actual table names from the result pointer, or any other result table function such as mysql_fetch_assoc().

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().

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