# mysql_db_name

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)

mysql_db_name — Get result data

### Description

string mysql_db_name ( resource `$result` , int `$row` [, mixed `$field` ] )

Retrieve the database name from a call to mysql_list_dbs().

### Parameters

`result`

  The result pointer from a call to mysql_list_dbs().

`row`

  The index into the result set.

`field`

  The field name.

### Return Values

Returns the database name on success, and `FALSE` on failure. If `FALSE` is returned, use mysql_error() to determine the nature of the error.

### Examples

Example#1 mysql_db_name() example

`<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$link = mysql_connect('dbhost', 'username', 'password');
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($link);
$i = 0;
$cnt = mysql_num_rows($db_list);
while ($i < $cnt) {
echo mysql_db_name($db_list, $i) . "\n";
$i++;
}
?>`

### Notes

> Note: For downward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: mysql_dbname()

### See Also

- mysql_list_dbs()
- mysql_tablename()