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Mysql Select Enum Values

I have set up a coloumn in Mysql:

type: ENUM

Length/Values: '01','02','03','04','05','06','07','08','09','10','11','12'

I’m trying to retrive those values from the DB:

I found another post with the same question but my code didn’t work

$type = $mysqli->query( "SHOW COLUMNS FROM {$tableName} WHERE Field = 'type'" )->fetch_object()->Type;
        preg_match('/^enum\((.*)\)$/', $type, $matches);
        foreach( explode(',', $matches[1]) as $value )
        {
             $enum[] = trim( $value, "'" );
        }
        return $enum;

I get type Text Insted of ENUM

Answer 1

You should parse information from information_schema.columns table –

SELECT
  column_type
FROM
  information_schema.columns
WHERE
  table_schema = 'your_schema' AND table_name = 'your_table' AND column_name = 'your_column'

…another query –

SELECT
  TRIM(TRAILING ')' FROM TRIM(LEADING '(' FROM TRIM(LEADING 'enum' FROM column_type))) column_type
FROM
  information_schema.columns
WHERE
  table_schema = 'your_schema' AND table_name = 'your_table' AND column_name = 'your_column';

There will be something like this – enum('01','02','03'). Parse this string in the php-application.