Formatting the results of a MySQL query as if it were run from the console

Question

I\'m writing a quick and dirty reporting script that queries a report and emails the results. When using the MySQL console the results are in a nicely formatted table:

Answer 1

I optimized the answer of @ehudokai so it uses less loops (5 vs 9). And for completeness I added the command line, stats and error output, too:

 $value) {
        // heading
        if (!isset($colwidths[ $key ])) {
            $colwidths[ $key ] = strlen($key) + 2;
        }
        // rows
        $colwidths[ $key ] = max($colwidths[ $key ], strlen($value) + 2);
    }
}
echo 'mysql>' . trim($sql) . PHP_EOL;
// SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN = resource
// INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP = true
// Error = false
if (!is_bool($result)) {
    if ($colwidths) {
        mysqli_data_seek($result, 0);
        while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
            // create and display horizontal line and column headings
            if (!isset($header)) {
                $header = '| ';
                $line = '+';
                foreach ($row as $key => $value) {
                    $line .= str_repeat('-', $colwidths[ $key ] + 2) . '+';
                    $header .= str_pad($key, $colwidths[ $key ]) . ' | ';
                }
                echo $line . PHP_EOL;
                echo $header . PHP_EOL;
                echo $line . PHP_EOL;
            }
            // display row values
            foreach ($row as $key => $value) {
                echo '| ' . str_pad($value, $colwidths[ $key ] + 1);
            }
            echo '|' . PHP_EOL;
        }
        echo $line . PHP_EOL;
    }
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}
$affectedrows = mysqli_affected_rows($db);
if ($result === false) {
    echo PHP_EOL . 'ERROR ' . mysqli_errno($db) . ': ' . mysqli_error($db);
}
else if ($result === true) {
    echo 'Query OK, ' . $affectedrows . ' rows affected (' . round($exec_time / $iterations * 1000) . ' ms)';
}
else if ($affectedrows) {
    echo $affectedrows . ' rows in set (' . round($exec_time / $iterations * 1000) . ' ms)';
}
else {
    echo 'Empty set (' . round($exec_time / $iterations * 1000) . ' ms)';
}
?>

Examples

SELECT

mysql>SELECT
        topic_id,
        MATCH(text) AGAINST('tuning') AS score
    FROM
        topics
    WHERE
        MATCH(text) AGAINST('tuning' IN BOOLEAN MODE)
    ORDER BY
        score DESC
    LIMIT 10
+----------+--------------------+
| topic_id | score              |
+----------+--------------------+
| 153257   | 5.161948204040527  |
| 17925    | 4.781417369842529  |
| 66459    | 4.648380279541016  |
| 373176   | 4.570812702178955  |
| 117173   | 4.55166482925415   |
| 167016   | 4.462575912475586  |
| 183286   | 4.4519267082214355 |
| 366132   | 4.348565101623535  |
| 95502    | 4.293642520904541  |
| 29615    | 4.178250789642334  |
+----------+--------------------+
10 rows in set (141 ms)

Error:

mysql>SELECT * WHERE 1=1

ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE 1=1' at line 1

UPDATE

mysql>UPDATE topics_search SET topic_id = topic_id WHERE topic_id = 2
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0 ms)