How to get primary key of table?

Is there a way to get the name of primary key field from mysql-database? For example:

I have a table like this:

+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+------+
| 1  | Foo1 |
| 2  | Foo2 |
| 3  | Foo3 |
+----+------+

Where the field id is primary key (it has auto increment but I can't use that). How can I retrieve fields name "id" in php?

Solution 1:

A better way is to use SHOW KEYS since you don't always have access to information_schema. The following works:

SHOW KEYS FROM table WHERE Key_name = 'PRIMARY'

Column_name will contain the name of the primary key.

Solution 2:

Here is the Primary key Column Name

SELECT k.column_name
FROM information_schema.table_constraints t
JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage k
USING(constraint_name,table_schema,table_name)
WHERE t.constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'
  AND t.table_schema='YourDatabase'
  AND t.table_name='YourTable';

Solution 3:

SELECT kcu.column_name, kcu.ordinal_position
FROM   information_schema.table_constraints tc
INNER JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage kcu
ON     tc.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = kcu.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND    tc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND    tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE  tc.table_schema = schema()             -- only look in the current schema
AND    tc.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'
AND    tc.table_name = '<your-table-name>'    -- specify your table.
ORDER BY kcu.ordinal_position

Solution 4:

use:

show columns from tablename where `Key` = "PRI";