How to get primary key of table?

Question

Is there a way to get the name of primary key field from mysql-database? For example:

I have a table like this:

+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+---         


        

Answer 1

If you want to generate the list of primary keys dynamically via PHP in one go without having to run through each table you can use

SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.key_column_usage 
WHERE table_schema = '$database_name' AND CONSTRAINT_NAME = 'PRIMARY' 

though you do need to have access to the information.schema to do this.