Question

This works:

$result = mysql_query("SHOW TABLES FROM `someDatabase` ");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  echo $row[0].'<br>';
}

And I get the database tables just fine.
Is it possible to grab more information, from that same query?
I want to display the number of records next to each table name, and perhaps more, if more options are available.

Answer 1

Sure,

run a query like so:

SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM your-database

Will give you a bunch of data (rows, collation, etc;)

EDIT

You can also run others like:

SHOW FUNCTION STATUS WHERE `Db`='your-database';
SHOW PROCEDURE STATUS WHERE `Db`='your-database';
SHOW TRIGGERS FROM `your-database`;