Question

I’m trying to create an exact duplicate of another table via php by using SHOW CREATE TABLE.

I only want to change the table name, but I haven’t figured out how to do that yet. If the old table’s name is table_1, I want the new one to be table_2.

This didn’t work. Didn’t really expect it to, but that’s how far I got:

 $t = $DB->fetch("SHOW CREATE TABLE table_1");
    $t[0] = "table_2";
    $DB->query($t[1]);

Answer 1

The following query will create new table, column attributes and indexes will also be copied.

CREATE TABLE new_table_name LIKE old_table_name;

And if you also want the rows copied, then execute following query after executing the above

INSERT INTO new_table_name SELECT * FROM `old_table_name`;

http://www.mysqlfaqs.net/mysql-faqs/Data-Back-Up/How-to-create-duplicate-table-in-MySQL

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1487/copy-an-existing-mysql-table-to-a-new-table/