function Schema::tableExists
Check if a table exists.
Parameters
string $table: The name of the table in drupal (no prefixing).
bool $add_prefix: Boolean to indicate whether the table name needs to be prefixed.
Return value
bool TRUE if the given table exists, otherwise FALSE.
12 calls to Schema::tableExists()
- Schema::addField in core/
modules/ mysql/ src/ Driver/ Database/ mysql/ Schema.php  - Add a new field to a table.
 - Schema::addIndex in core/
modules/ mysql/ src/ Driver/ Database/ mysql/ Schema.php  - Add an index.
 - Schema::addPrimaryKey in core/
modules/ mysql/ src/ Driver/ Database/ mysql/ Schema.php  - Add a primary key.
 - Schema::addUniqueKey in core/
modules/ mysql/ src/ Driver/ Database/ mysql/ Schema.php  - Add a unique key.
 - Schema::createTable in core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Database/ Schema.php  - Create a new table from a Drupal table definition.
 
2 methods override Schema::tableExists()
- Schema::tableExists in core/
modules/ sqlite/ src/ Driver/ Database/ sqlite/ Schema.php  - Check if a table exists.
 - Schema::tableExists in core/
modules/ pgsql/ src/ Driver/ Database/ pgsql/ Schema.php  - Check if a table exists.
 
File
- 
              core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Database/ Schema.php, line 195  
Class
- Schema
 - Provides a base implementation for Database Schema.
 
Namespace
Drupal\Core\DatabaseCode
public function tableExists($table, bool $add_prefix = TRUE) {
  $condition = $this->buildTableNameCondition($table, '=', $add_prefix);
  $condition->condition('table_type', 'BASE TABLE');
  $condition->compile($this->connection, $this);
  // Normally, we would heartily discourage the use of string
  // concatenation for conditionals like this however, we
  // couldn't use \Drupal::database()->select() here because it would prefix
  // information_schema.tables and the query would fail.
  // Don't use {} around information_schema.tables table.
  return (bool) $this->connection
    ->query("SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables WHERE " . (string) $condition, $condition->arguments())
    ->fetchField();
}
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