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PHP mysql_list_dbs() Function


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Definition and Usage

The mysql_list_dbs() function finds the available databases on a MySQL server for a given connection.

This function returns a result pointer containing the available databases on success, or FALSE on failure.

Syntax

mysql_list_dbs(connection)

Parameter Description
connection Optional. Specifies the MySQL connection. If not specified, the last connection opened by mysql_connect() or mysql_pconnect() is used.


Example

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "peter", "abc123");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($con);

while ($db = mysql_fetch_object($db_list))
  {
  echo $db->Database . "<br />";
  }

mysql_close($con);
?>

The output of the code above could be:

mysql
test
test_db


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