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Interface CollectionInterface

Represents a database schema collection

Used to access information about the tables, and other data in a database.

Namespace: Cake\Database\Schema

Method Summary

  • describe() public

    Get the column metadata for a table.

  • listTables() public

    Get the list of tables available in the current connection.

Method Detail

describe() public 

describe(string $name, array $options)

Get the column metadata for a table.

Caching will be applied if cacheMetadata key is present in the Connection configuration options. Defaults to _cakemodel when true.

Options

  • forceRefresh - Set to true to force rebuilding the cached metadata. Defaults to false.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the table to describe.

array $options optional

The options to use, see above.

Returns

\Cake\Database\Schema\TableSchemaInterface

Object with column metadata.

Throws

Cake\Database\Exception
when table cannot be described.

listTables() public 

listTables()

Get the list of tables available in the current connection.

Returns

string[]

The list of tables in the connected database/schema.

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