+
+//
+// Checks $field existence in $table with given field $properties
+// $table - table name without prefix
+// $field - optional field name
+// $properties - optional properties of field defined by MySQL:
+// 'Type', 'Null', 'Key', 'Default', 'Extra'
+//
+function check_table($pref, $table, $field=null, $properties=null)
+{
+ $tables = @db_query("SHOW TABLES LIKE '".$pref.$table."'");
+ if (!db_num_rows($tables))
+ return 1; // no such table or error
+
+ $fields = @db_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM ".$pref.$table);
+ if (!isset($field))
+ return 0; // table exists
+
+ while( $row = db_fetch_assoc($fields))
+ {
+ if ($row['Field'] == $field)
+ {
+ if (!isset($properties))
+ return 0;
+ foreach($properties as $property => $value)
+ {
+ if ($row[$property] != $value)
+ return 3; // failed type/length check
+ }
+ return 0; // property check ok.
+ }
+ }
+ return 2; // field not found
+}
+