function db_find_tables in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/includes/database.inc \db_find_tables()

Finds all tables that are like the specified base table name.

Parameters

$table_expression: An SQL expression, for example "simpletest%" (without the quotes).

Return value

Array, both the keys and the values are the matching tables.

Related topics

File

includes/database/database.inc, line 2898

Core systems for the database layer.

Code

function db_find_tables($table_expression) {
  return Database::getConnection()
    ->schema()
    ->findTables($table_expression);
}