Pokazać wszystkie tabele w bazie danych MySQL przy użyciu PHP?

Jak zdobyć stoły

1. SHOW TABLES

mysql> USE test;
Database changed
mysql> SHOW TABLES;
+----------------+
| Tables_in_test |
+----------------+
| t1             |
| t2             |
| t3             |
+----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

2. SHOW TABLES IN db_name

mysql> SHOW TABLES IN another_db;
+----------------------+
| Tables_in_another_db |
+----------------------+
| t3                   |
| t4                   |
| t5                   |
+----------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

3. Korzystanie ze schematu informacyjnego

mysql> SELECT TABLE_NAME
       FROM information_schema.TABLES
       WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'another_db';
+------------+
| TABLE_NAME |
+------------+
| t3         |
| t4         |
| t5         |
+------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)

do OP

pobrałeś tylko 1 wiersz. napraw w ten sposób:

while ( $tables = $result->fetch_array())
{
    echo $tmp[0]."<br>";
}

i myślę, że information_schema byłby lepszy niż SHOW TABLES

SELECT TABLE_NAME
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'your database name'

while ( $tables = $result->fetch_assoc())
{
    echo $tables['TABLE_NAME']."<br>";
}