framework/db/mysql/Schema.php
protected function findColumns($table)
    {
        $sql = 'SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM ' . $this->quoteTableName($table->fullName);
        try {
            $columns = $this->db->createCommand($sql)->queryAll();
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            $previous = $e->getPrevious();
            if ($previous instanceof \PDOException && strpos($previous->getMessage(), 'SQLSTATE[42S02') !== false) {
                // table does not exist
                // https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/error-messages-server.html#error_er_bad_table_error
                return false;
            }
            throw $e;
        }
        foreach ($columns as $info) {
            if ($this->db->slavePdo->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_CASE) !== \PDO::CASE_LOWER) {
                $info = array_change_key_case($info, CASE_LOWER);
            }
            $column = $this->loadColumnSchema($info);
            $table->columns[$column->name] = $column;
            if ($column->isPrimaryKey) {
                $table->primaryKey[] = $column->name;
                if ($column->autoIncrement) {
                    $table->sequenceName = '';
                }
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
protected function findColumns($table)
    {
        $sql = 'SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM ' . $this->quoteTableName($table->fullName);
        try {
            $columns = $this->db->createCommand($sql)->queryAll();
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            $previous = $e->getPrevious();
            if ($previous instanceof \PDOException && strpos($previous->getMessage(), 'SQLSTATE[42S02') !== false) {
                // table does not exist
                // https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/error-messages-server.html#error_er_bad_table_error
                return false;
            }
            throw $e;
        }
        foreach ($columns as $info) {
            if ($this->db->slavePdo->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_CASE) !== \PDO::CASE_LOWER) {
                $info = array_change_key_case($info, CASE_LOWER);
            }
            $column = $this->loadColumnSchema($info);
            $table->columns[$column->name] = $column;
            if ($column->isPrimaryKey) {
                $table->primaryKey[] = $column->name;
                if ($column->autoIncrement) {
                    $table->sequenceName = '';
                }
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
Collects the metadata of table columns.
@param TableSchema $table the table metadata
@return bool whether the table exists in the database
@throws \Exception if DB query fails