RE: [PHP] Test tables existance

2003-03-30 Thread Don Read 

On 30-Mar-2003 Antti wrote:
> How do I test if a mysql table exists or not? Is there a function for 
> this? I didn't find a good one.
> 
> -antti

function tableexists($tbl) {
$res = @mysql_query("SELECT 1 FROM $tbl LIMIT 1");
return ($res ? true : false);
}

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Re: [PHP] Test tables existance

2003-03-30 Thread Haseeb Iqbal 
use mysql_query("show tables"); get them in array and then scan the array

thats what i would do if there isn;t any function


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> How do I test if a mysql table exists or not? Is there a function for 
> this? I didn't find a good one.
> 
> -antti
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Re: [PHP] Test tables existance

2003-03-30 Thread Miles Thompson 
Come on, check the mysql section of the PHP manual ... this took about 20 sec
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-list-tables.php
At 11:34 PM 3/30/2003 +0300, Antti wrote:
How do I test if a mysql table exists or not? Is there a function for 
this? I didn't find a good one.

-antti

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