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<refentry xml:id="function.mysql-tablename" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mysql_tablename</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get table name of field</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
  <warning>
   &mysql.alternative.note;
   <simplelist role="alternatives">
    <member>SQL Query: <literal>SHOW TABLES</literal></member>
   </simplelist>
  </warning>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>mysql_tablename</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>i</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Retrieves the table name from a <parameter>result</parameter>.
  </para>
  <para>
   This function is deprecated. It is preferable to use 
   <function>mysql_query</function> to issue an SQL <literal>SHOW TABLES 
   [FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern']</literal> statement instead.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A result pointer <type>resource</type> that's returned from  
       <function>mysql_list_tables</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>i</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The integer index (row/table number)
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The name of the table 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="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mysql_tablename</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
$result = mysql_list_tables("mydb");
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_rows; $i++) {
    echo "Table: ", mysql_tablename($result, $i), "\n";
}

mysql_free_result($result);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    The <function>mysql_num_rows</function> function may be used to
    determine the number of tables in the result pointer.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mysql_list_tables</function></member>
    <member><function>mysql_field_table</function></member>
    <member><function>mysql_db_name</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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