PMA\libraries\Util::getTableList PHP Method

    public static function getTableList($db, $tables = null, $limit_offset = 0, $limit_count = false)
    {
        $sep = $GLOBALS['cfg']['NavigationTreeTableSeparator'];
        if ($tables === null) {
            $tables = $GLOBALS['dbi']->getTablesFull($db, '', false, null, $limit_offset, $limit_count);
            if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['NaturalOrder']) {
                uksort($tables, 'strnatcasecmp');
            }
        }
        if (count($tables) < 1) {
            return $tables;
        }
        $default = array('Name' => '', 'Rows' => 0, 'Comment' => '', 'disp_name' => '');
        $table_groups = array();
        foreach ($tables as $table_name => $table) {
            $table['Rows'] = self::_checkRowCount($db, $table);
            // in $group we save the reference to the place in $table_groups
            // where to store the table info
            if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['NavigationTreeEnableGrouping'] && $sep && mb_strstr($table_name, $sep)) {
                $parts = explode($sep, $table_name);
                $group =& $table_groups;
                $i = 0;
                $group_name_full = '';
                $parts_cnt = count($parts) - 1;
                while ($i < $parts_cnt && $i < $GLOBALS['cfg']['NavigationTreeTableLevel']) {
                    $group_name = $parts[$i] . $sep;
                    $group_name_full .= $group_name;
                    if (!isset($group[$group_name])) {
                        $group[$group_name] = array();
                        $group[$group_name]['is' . $sep . 'group'] = true;
                        $group[$group_name]['tab' . $sep . 'count'] = 1;
                        $group[$group_name]['tab' . $sep . 'group'] = $group_name_full;
                    } elseif (!isset($group[$group_name]['is' . $sep . 'group'])) {
                        $table = $group[$group_name];
                        $group[$group_name] = array();
                        $group[$group_name][$group_name] = $table;
                        $group[$group_name]['is' . $sep . 'group'] = true;
                        $group[$group_name]['tab' . $sep . 'count'] = 1;
                        $group[$group_name]['tab' . $sep . 'group'] = $group_name_full;
                    } else {
                        $group[$group_name]['tab' . $sep . 'count']++;
                    }
                    $group =& $group[$group_name];
                    $i++;
                }
            } else {
                if (!isset($table_groups[$table_name])) {
                    $table_groups[$table_name] = array();
                }
                $group =& $table_groups;
            }
            $table['disp_name'] = $table['Name'];
            $group[$table_name] = array_merge($default, $table);
        }
        return $table_groups;
    }