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db_table_exists

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5 – 7 db_table_exists($table)

Check if a table exists.

Related topics

Database abstraction layer
Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

Code

includes/database.mysql.inc, line 422

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