# mysql_list_dbs

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

mysql_list_dbs — List databases available on a MySQL server

### Description

resource mysql_list_dbs ([ resource `$link_identifier` ] )

Returns a result pointer containing the databases available from the current mysql daemon.

### Parameters

`link_identifier`

  The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an `E_WARNING` level warning is generated.

### Return Values

Returns a result pointer resource on success, or `FALSE` on failure. Use the mysql_tablename() function to traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables, such as mysql_fetch_array().

### Examples

Example#1 mysql_list_dbs() example

`<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($link);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($db_list)) {
echo $row->Database . "\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    database1
    database2
    database3

### Notes

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

### See Also

- mysql_db_name()
- mysql_select_db()