list all tables in a database with MySQLi

Question

I have looked around and still can\'t find how to list all my tables in a database. is it possible with MySQLi?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Using PHP 5.5 or later, a simple solution is using PHP's built-in array_column() function.

$link = mysqli_connect(DBHOST, DBUSER, DBPASS, DBNAME);
$listdbtables = array_column(mysqli_fetch_all($link->query('SHOW TABLES')),0);