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<div id="function.mysql-tablename" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">mysql_tablename</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_tablename</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get table name of field</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><b>mysql_tablename</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <tt class="parameter">$result</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <tt class="parameter">$i</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Retrieves the table name from a <i><tt class="parameter">result</tt></i>
.
</p>
<p class="para">
This function deprecated. It is preferable to use
<a href="function.mysql-query.php" class="function">mysql_query()</a> to issue a SQL <i>SHOW TABLES
[FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern']</i> statement instead.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">result</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
A result pointer <a href="language.types.resource.php" class="type resource">resource</a> that's returned from
<a href="function.mysql-list-tables.php" class="function">mysql_list_tables()</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">i</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The integer index (row/table number)
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The name of the table on success or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on failure.
</p>
<p class="para">
Use the <b>mysql_tablename()</b> function to
traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables,
such as <a href="function.mysql-fetch-array.php" class="function">mysql_fetch_array()</a>.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>mysql_tablename()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysql_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_list_tables</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mydb"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num_rows </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_num_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />for (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">< </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num_rows</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">++) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Table: "</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_tablename</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">), </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.notes"></a><div class="refsect1 notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>:
The <a href="function.mysql-num-rows.php" class="function">mysql_num_rows()</a> function may be used to
determine the number of tables in the result pointer.
<br />
</p></blockquote>
</div>
<a name="function.mysql-tablename.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.mysql-list-tables.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_list_tables()</a> - List tables in a MySQL database</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.mysql-field-table.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_field_table()</a> - Get name of the table the specified field is in</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.mysql-db-name.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_db_name()</a> - Get result data</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
</div>
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