Question

How can i get the current view criteria using php and the mysql statement “Show create view viewname”

I want to put the current criteria into a variable, amend that variable and then re-run the query. I just don’t get how to use the statement from PHP.

Thanks for any help

–EDIT–

Possible code:

if($_POST['flag']=='flag'){
    $sqlShow = 'show create view `filter_tbl`';
    $result = mysql_query($sqlShow);
    $resultQuery = $result;
    $resultQuery .= ' AND `lead_id`!="'.$idval.'"';
    $result2 = mysql_query($resultQuery);
    echo $result;
    if($result){
        echo true;
    }
    else{
        echo mysql_error();
    }
}

Answer 1

Use this to get the SQL statement that the View uses:

$viewSQL = "SELECT VIEW_DEFINITION FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS 
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'myDatabase' AND TABLE_NAME = 'filter_tbl'";

$result = mysql_query($viewSQL);
$resultQuery = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$SqlUsedByView = $resultQuery['VIEW_DEFINITION'];
// Now alter the WHERE clause to your needs:
$MyNewSQL = str_ireplace( "WHERE ", "WHERE `lead_id`!=".$idval." AND " , $SqlUsedByView);

Note I don’t know what the actual WHERE clause of your View is, so the str_ireplace() above is just an example of how you might make your alteration.