5.31.9 Table::isView

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• Table::isView

  Check if table is view

Description

public bool mysql_xdevapi\Table::isView();

Determine if the underlying object is a view or not.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

true if the underlying object is a view, otherwise false.

Examples

Example 5.160 mysql_xdevapi\Table::isView example

<?php
$session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@localhost");

$session->sql("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS addressbook")->execute();
$session->sql("CREATE DATABASE addressbook")->execute();
$session->sql("CREATE TABLE addressbook.names(name text, age int)")->execute();
$session->sql("INSERT INTO addressbook.names values ('John', 42), ('Sam', 33)")->execute();

$schema = $session->getSchema("addressbook");
$table  = $schema->getTable("names

if ($table->isView()) {
    echo "This is a view.";
} else {
    echo "This is not a view.";
}
?>

The above example will output:

int(2)