February 24, 2011 
Definition:
function maybe_add_column($table_name, $column_name, $create_ddl) {}
* maybe_add_column() * Add column to db table if it doesn’t exist.
* Returns: true if already exists or on successful completion * false on error
Parameters
- $table_name
- $column_name
- $create_ddl
Source code
function maybe_add_column($table_name, $column_name, $create_ddl) {
global $wpdb, $debug;
foreach ($wpdb->get_col("DESC $table_name", 0) as $column ) {
if ($debug) echo("checking $column == $column_name<br />");
if ($column == $column_name) {
return true;
}
}
//didn't find it try to create it.
$q = $wpdb->query($create_ddl);
// we cannot directly tell that whether this succeeded!
foreach ($wpdb->get_col("DESC $table_name", 0) as $column ) {
if ($column == $column_name) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
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