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  <refentry id="function.mysql-list-dbs">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mysql_list_dbs</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     List databases available on a MySQL server
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>resource</type><methodname>mysql_list_dbs</methodname>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>
        link_identifier
       </parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>mysql_list_dbs</function> will return a result pointer
     containing the databases available from the current mysql
     daemon. Use the <function>mysql_tablename</function> function to
     traverse this result pointer, or any function for result tables,
     such as <function>mysql_fetch_array</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>mysql_list_dbs</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($db_list)) {
    echo $row->Database . "\n";
}
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      <para>
       The above example would produce the following output:
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
database1
database2
database3
...
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      The above code would just as easily work with
      <function>mysql_fetch_row</function> or other similar functions.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     For downward compatibility <function>mysql_listdbs</function> can
     also be used. This is deprecated however.
    </para>
    <para>
     See also 
     <function>mysql_db_name</function>, and 
     <function>mysql_select_db</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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