How can I check if a MySQL table exists with PHP?

Question

As simple in theory as it sounds I\'ve done a fair amount of research and am having trouble figuring this out.

How can I check if a MySQL table exists and if it does

Answer 1

mysql_query("SHOW TABLES FROM yourDB");
//> loop thru results and see if it exists
//> in this way with only one query one can check easly more table 

or mysql_query("SHOW TABLES LIKE 'tblname'");

Don't use mysql_list_tables(); because it's deprecated