select column names from table mysql code example
Example 1: mysql get column names from table
SELECT `COLUMN_NAME`
FROM `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`.`COLUMNS`
WHERE `TABLE_SCHEMA`='yourdatabasename'
AND `TABLE_NAME`='yourtablename';
Example 2: mysql to get column name in database
SELECT table_name, column_name from information_schema.columns WHERE column_name LIKE '%column_name_to_search%';
Example 3: 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.