Question

This is my php code (I already have a connection to the db):

$result = mysql_query("SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM mydb LIKE 'mytable';");
     while ($array = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
          $updatetime = $array['Update_time'];
     }

echo $updatetime;

I get:

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource.

I am running MySQL 5.0.89 and PHP5.

I do not want to add a new field to the table… I want to use the table status…

Any help?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Figured it out. Not sure if this is the perfect way, but it works…

$result = mysql_query("SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM mydb LIKE 'mytable';");
foreach ($result as $data) {
    $updatetime = $data->Update_time;
}

echo $updatetime;

You can then parse the raw timestamp with substr.

P.S. As I was doing this for WordPress, I am including the code specifically for working in the WordPress DB…

global $wpdb;
define('FOO_TABLE', $table_prefix."footable");

$result = $wpdb->get_results("SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE '".FOO_TABLE."';");
foreach ($result as $data) {
  $updatetime = $data->Update_time;
}