MySQL query to get column names?

Question

I\'d like to get all of a mysql table\'s col names into an array in php?

Is there a query for this?

Answer 1

Seems there are 2 ways:

DESCRIBE `tablename`

or

SHOW COLUMNS FROM `tablename`

More on DESCRIBE here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/describe.html