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

when you want to check your all table structure with some filed then use this code. In this query i select column_name,column_type and table_name for more details . I use order by column_type so i can see it easily.

SELECT `COLUMN_NAME`,COLUMN_TYPE,TABLE_NAME 
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS` 
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='yourdatabasename' order by DATA_TYPE;

If you want to check only double type filed then you can do it easily

SELECT `COLUMN_NAME`,COLUMN_TYPE,TABLE_NAME,DATA_TYPE 
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS` 
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='yourdatabasename' AND DATA_TYPE like '%bigint%'  order by DATA_TYPE;

if you want to check which field allow null type etc then you can use this

SELECT `COLUMN_NAME`,COLUMN_TYPE,TABLE_NAME,IS_NULLABLE,DATA_TYPE 
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS` 
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='yourdatabasename' and DATA_TYPE like '%bigint%' and IS_NULLABLE ='NO' order by COLUMN_TYPE;

you want to check more then thik link also help you.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/columns-table.html