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<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>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future.
Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used.
See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and
<a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information.
Alternatives to this function include:</p>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member">SQL Query: <em>SHOW TABLES</em></li>
</ul>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_tablename</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$i</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Retrieves the table name from a <em><code class="parameter">result</code></em>.
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<p class="para">
This function is deprecated. It is preferable to use
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function">mysql_query()</a></span> to issue an SQL <em>SHOW TABLES
[FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern']</em> statement instead.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">result</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A result pointer <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span> that's returned from
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-list-tables.html" class="function">mysql_list_tables()</a></span>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">i</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The integer index (row/table number)
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The name of the table on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
<p class="para">
Use the <span class="function"><strong>mysql_tablename()</strong></span> function to
traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables,
such as <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-fetch-array.html" class="function">mysql_fetch_array()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
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<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
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<td>5.5.0</td>
<td>
The <span class="function"><strong>mysql_tablename()</strong></span> function is deprecated,
and emits an <strong><code>E_DEPRECATED</code></strong> level error.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1616">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_tablename()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<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>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
The <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-num-rows.html" class="function">mysql_num_rows()</a></span> function may be used to
determine the number of tables in the result pointer.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mysql-tablename-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-list-tables.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_list_tables()</a> - List tables in a MySQL database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-field-table.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_field_table()</a> - Get name of the table the specified field is in</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-db-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_db_name()</a> - Retrieves database name from the call to mysql_list_dbs</span></li>
</ul>
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