MySQL query to get column names?

Question

I\'d like to get all of a mysql table\'s col names into an array in php?

Is there a query for this?

Answer 1

Edit: Today I learned the better way of doing this. Please see ircmaxell's answer.

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Parse the output of SHOW COLUMNS FROM table;

Here's more about it here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/show-columns.html