Get Database Schema(table and fields names) as XML using PHP
<?php
$user = "root";
$passwd = "";
$host = "localhost";
$dbase = "testdb";
//connect to database
$conn = mysql_connect($host, $user, $passwd) or die("Could not connect");
//select the database
mysql_select_db($dbase);
//form the query
$tablesArr = array();
$resultQuery = "SHOW TABLES FROM ".$dbase;
$result = mysql_query($resultQuery);
while($res = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
$tablesArr[] = $res[0];
}
mysql_free_result($result);
//generate xml formatted output
header("Content-Type: text/xml");
?>
<dbschema>
<?php foreach($tablesArr as $tables) { ?>
<table name="<?php echo $tables; ?>">
<?php
$fields = mysql_query("SHOW FIELDS FROM ".$tables);
while($field_res = mysql_fetch_row($fields)) {
?>
<field name="<?php echo htmlentities($field_res[0]); ?>" type="<?php echo htmlentities($field_res[1]); ?>" />
<?php
} //end of while
mysql_free_result($fields);
?>
</table>
<?php
} //end of foreach
?>
</dbschema>
04 May, 2010
XML formatted output of Database Schema using PHP
The following php code tends to be useful to export database schema as xml format.
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