Check if a database table exists using PHP/PDO

Question

I want to check if a table with a specific name exists in a database I\'ve connected to using PHP and PDO.

It has to work on all database backends, like MySQL, SQLi

Answer 1

If you have other major actions to do within the same statement, you can use the e->errorInfo

try{                
    //Your major statements here
}
catch(PDOException $e){
    if($e->errorInfo[1] == 1146){
        //when table doesn't exist
    }      
}