A Simple PHP Command Line Tool to Convert MySQL Tables from MyISAM to InnoDB in Specified Database


MySQL MyISAM database engine has been depreciated in the latest version since 5.5.1. The MyISAM is table locking while InnoDB (now the default database engine for MySQL since 5.5.1) employs the row-level rocking. InnoDB should be the preferred and recommended database engine if you want to create new applications/tables. One deficiency of MyISAM tables is they don’t support transactions. Both InnoDB and MyISAM support the Full Text Search Index.

You can use ALTER TABLE table ENGINE=INNODB to change a table to InnoDB but if you have many tables in a database, e.g. WordPress, this will be tedious to look for MyISAM tables and convert one by one.

Luckily, the following PHP can be run at command line, and it takes parameters of database names – which you can pass many databases, and it will look for those tables in these databases that are currently MyISAM engine and issue a command of ALTER TABLE for each of them.

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<?php
// https://helloacm.com/a-simple-php-command-line-tool-to-convert-mysql-tables-from-myisam-to-innodb-in-specified-database/
function ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB($database) {
  define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
  define("DB_USER", "root");
  define("DB_PASSWORD", "password");  
  $conn = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, $database);
  if (!$conn) {
      echo "Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." . PHP_EOL;
      echo "Debugging errno: " . mysqli_connect_errno() . PHP_EOL;
      echo "Debugging error: " . mysqli_connect_error() . PHP_EOL;
      exit;        
  }      
  $sql = "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM 
      INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
      WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '$database' 
      AND ENGINE = 'MyISAM'
  ";
  
  $rs = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
  
  while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($rs)) {
      $tbl = $row[0];
      $sql = "ALTER TABLE `$tbl` ENGINE=INNODB";
      echo $sql . "\n";
      mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
  }
}
    
if ($argc < 2) {
      exit( "Usage: php $argv[0] database1 database2 ...\n" );
}
 
for ($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++ $i) {
      echo "ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB " . $argv[$i] . "... \n";
      ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB($argv[$i]);
}
<?php
// https://helloacm.com/a-simple-php-command-line-tool-to-convert-mysql-tables-from-myisam-to-innodb-in-specified-database/
function ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB($database) {
  define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
  define("DB_USER", "root");
  define("DB_PASSWORD", "password");  
  $conn = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, $database);
  if (!$conn) {
      echo "Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." . PHP_EOL;
      echo "Debugging errno: " . mysqli_connect_errno() . PHP_EOL;
      echo "Debugging error: " . mysqli_connect_error() . PHP_EOL;
      exit;        
  }      
  $sql = "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM 
      INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
      WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '$database' 
      AND ENGINE = 'MyISAM'
  ";
  
  $rs = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
  
  while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($rs)) {
      $tbl = $row[0];
      $sql = "ALTER TABLE `$tbl` ENGINE=INNODB";
      echo $sql . "\n";
      mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
  }
}
    
if ($argc < 2) {
      exit( "Usage: php $argv[0] database1 database2 ...\n" );
}

for ($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++ $i) {
      echo "ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB " . $argv[$i] . "... \n";
      ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB($argv[$i]);
}

Example usage:

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# php convert_to_innodb.php wordpress
ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB wordpress... 
ALTER TABLE `wp_commentmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_comments` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_icl_string_translations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_imagify_files` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_imagify_folders` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_lockouts` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_temp` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_links` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_options` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_postmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_term_relationships` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_term_taxonomy` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_termmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_terms` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_usermeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_users` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wc_download_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wc_webhooks` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_api_keys` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_order_items` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_payment_tokens` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_sessions` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zones` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_tax_rates` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wpio_images` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_yith_ywpar_points_log` ENGINE=INNODB
# php convert_to_innodb.php wordpress
ConvertAllTablesToInnoDB wordpress... 
ALTER TABLE `wp_commentmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_comments` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_icl_string_translations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_imagify_files` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_imagify_folders` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_lockouts` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_itsec_temp` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_links` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_options` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_postmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_term_relationships` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_term_taxonomy` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_termmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_terms` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_usermeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_users` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wc_download_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wc_webhooks` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_api_keys` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_log` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_order_itemmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_order_items` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_payment_tokens` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_sessions` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_shipping_zones` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_woocommerce_tax_rates` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_wpio_images` ENGINE=INNODB
ALTER TABLE `wp_yith_ywpar_points_log` ENGINE=INNODB

There are some databases that belong to MySQL e.g. sys, mysql – these tables have engine types such as memory, csv – please don’t convert them to InnoDB.

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