How can I check if a MySQL table exists with PHP?

Question

As simple in theory as it sounds I\'ve done a fair amount of research and am having trouble figuring this out.

How can I check if a MySQL table exists and if it does

Answer 1

";
        $sql = "CREATE TABLE user(
            id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, 
            name VARCHAR(255)NOT NULL,
            email VARCHAR(255)NOT NULL,
            password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
            );";
        if(mysqli_query($connection,$sql)) {
            echo "Created user table";
        } else{
            echo "User table already exists";
        }
    } else {
        echo "error : DB isnot connected";
    } ?>