How can I display only the column names from a database using PHP?

To display only the column names from a database using PHP, you can query the information_schema database to retrieve the column names for a specific table. You can then loop through the results and display only the column names. 

<?php
// Connect to your database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Query the information_schema database to get column names
$sql = "SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '$dbname' AND TABLE_NAME = 'your_table_name'";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // Output column names
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo $row["COLUMN_NAME"] . "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP database column names SQL query fetch all rows.

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