how to get list of fields in a table in mysql code example

Example 1: get the mysql table columns data type mysql

SHOW COLUMNS FROM mydb.mytable;

Example 2: how to output a different column name in mysql

-- MySQL

SELECT column1 AS name1, column2 AS name2
FROM table1;

-- AS allows your to replace the name of a column when outputting but does not
-- actually change the column name within the database.