query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM service_requests LIKE 'engineer_id'"); if ($stmt->rowCount() == 0) { $pdo->exec("ALTER TABLE service_requests ADD COLUMN engineer_id INT NULL"); echo "Column 'engineer_id' added to 'service_requests' table successfully." . PHP_EOL; } else { echo "Column 'engineer_id' already exists in 'service_requests' table." . PHP_EOL; } } catch (PDOException $e) { die("DB ERROR: " . $e->getMessage()); }