Check if column exist in Mysql table via php

Question

I created mysql tables and there I have put some columns.

Now I want to check that a certain column exists in the database via php.

Like this:

Answer 1

If your database is MySQL then, you can use mysql_field_name() and mysql_fetch_field() function in php.

$res = mysql_query('select * from customer', $link);

echo mysql_field_name($res, 0); // print cust_id
echo mysql_field_name($res, 1); // print cust_name 
echo mysql_field_name($res, 2); // print cust_age

Answer 2

Run this query in php and check if number of rows > 0 :- DESC tablename '%columns_name%'