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Latest revision as of 16:43, 11 October 2012
Usage:
$smcFunc['db_add_column'](table_name, column_info, parameters, if_exists, error)
Description: This function is used to add a new column to an existing table.
Parameters:
- table_name (string) the name of an existing table
- column_info (array) an array of data containing the following keys:
- name (string) the name of the column
- type (string) the type of the column (e.g. int, tinyint, varchar, text, etc.)
- size (integer) defines the size of the column (if required by type)
- null (boolean) whether to use null or not null
- default (integer) or string depending on type) should contain the default value for the column
- auto (boolean) whether the column uses auto_increment or not
- unsigned (boolean) specifies whether the column is unsigned or not (applicable only to MySQL).
- parameters (array) none, leave empty
- if_exists (string) controls what to do if the column exists, default update (updates the column), any other value will result in non creating the column
- error (string) what to do if an error was encountered, default fatal
Example:
$smcFunc['db_add_column']( '{db_prefix}spiders', array( 'name' => 'temp_order', 'size' => 8, 'type' => 'mediumint', 'null' => false ) );