function db_table_exists in Drupal 5

Same name in this branch

1. 5 includes/database.mysqli.inc \db_table_exists()
2. 5 includes/database.mysql.inc \db_table_exists()
3. 5 includes/database.pgsql.inc \db_table_exists()

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/includes/database.inc \db_table_exists()
2. 6 includes/database.mysqli.inc \db_table_exists()
3. 6 includes/database.mysql.inc \db_table_exists()
4. 6 includes/database.pgsql.inc \db_table_exists()
5. 7 includes/database/database.inc \db_table_exists()

Check if a table exists.

Related topics

2 calls to db_table_exists()

system_update_1005 in modules/system/system.install

update_create_cache_tables in ./update.php

Create tables for the split cache.

File

includes/database.mysqli.inc, line 404

Database interface code for MySQL database servers using the mysqli client libraries. mysqli is included in PHP 5 by default and allows developers to use the advanced features of MySQL 4.1.x, 5.0.x and beyond.

Code

function db_table_exists($table) {
  return db_num_rows(db_query("SHOW TABLES LIKE '{" . db_escape_table($table) . "}'"));
}