API16:JDatabaseMySQL/getTableFields

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Description

Retrieves information about the given tables

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Syntax

getTableFields($tables, $typeonly=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$tables		A table name or a list of table names
$typeonly	true	Only return field types, default true

Returns

array An array of fields by table

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database/mysql.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database.mysql' );

Source Body

public function getTableFields($tables, $typeonly = true)
{
        settype($tables, 'array'); //force to array
        $result = array();
 
        foreach ($tables as $tblval) {
                $this->setQuery('SHOW FIELDS FROM ' . $tblval);
                $fields = $this->loadObjectList();
 
                if ($typeonly) {
                        foreach ($fields as $field) {
                                $result[$tblval][$field->Field] = preg_replace("/[(0-9)]/",'', $field->Type);
                        }
                } else {
                        foreach ($fields as $field) {
                                $result[$tblval][$field->Field] = $field;
                        }
                }
        }
 
        return $result;
}

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Examples

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