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<refentry xml:id="function.mysql-list-dbs" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mysql_list_dbs</refname>
  <refpurpose>List databases available on a MySQL server</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
  <warning>
   &mysql.alternative.note.5-4-0;
   <simplelist role="alternatives">
    <member>SQL Query: <literal>SHOW DATABASES</literal></member>
   </simplelist>
  </warning>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>mysql_list_dbs</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter><initializer>NULL</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns a result pointer containing the databases available from the 
   current mysql daemon.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &mysql.linkid.description;
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a result pointer <type>resource</type> on success, or &false; on
   failure. 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_list_dbs</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Usage without mysql_list_dbs()
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$res = mysql_query("SHOW DATABASES");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
    echo $row['Database'] . "\n";
}

// Deprecated as of PHP 5.4.0
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($db_list)) {
     echo $row->Database . "\n";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
database1
database2
database3
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    &info.deprecated.alias;
    <function>mysql_listdbs</function>
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

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

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