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<refentry xml:id="function.mysql-list-tables" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>mysql_list_tables</refname>
<refpurpose>List tables in a MySQL database</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>resource</type><methodname>mysql_list_tables</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>database</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Retrieves a list of table names from a MySQL database.
</para>
<para>
This function is deprecated. It is preferable to use
<function>mysql_query</function> to issue a SQL <literal>SHOW TABLES
[FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern']</literal> statement instead.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>database</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the database
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
&mysql.linkid.description;
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
A result pointer <type>resource</type> on success&return.falseforfailure;.
</para>
<para>
Use the <function>mysql_tablename</function> function to
traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables,
such as <function>mysql_fetch_array</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>4.3.7</entry>
<entry>
This function became deprecated.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>mysql_list_tables</function> alternative example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$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);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
&info.deprecated.alias;
<function>mysql_listtables</function>
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>mysql_list_dbs</function></member>
<member><function>mysql_tablename</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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