sql_showtable

The sql_showtable() functions returns a description of an SQL table in an associative array that lists the columns and their SQL "field" descriptions and also listing the keys. Whenever a join declaration exists for the table declared in tables_principales or tables_auxiliaires, the array will also include an entry for the "join" key.

Its parameters are:

1. $table is the name of the table to investigate,
2. $table_spip is used to automatically replace "spip" by the table’s real prefix; it equals false by default,
3. $serveur,
4. $option

Usage:

$desc = sql_showtable('spip_articles', true);
// $desc['field']['id_article']  = "bigint(21) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT"
// $desc['key']['PRIMARY KEY']  = "id_article"
// $desc['join']['id_article']  = "id_article"

In most situations, it would be better to use the trouver_table function, which has a cache on the data structure, use the sql_showtable() function and add some supplementary information.

$trouver_table = charger_fonction('trouver_table', 'base');
$desc = $trouver_table('spip_articles');