diff --git a/db_tables_search.php b/db_tables_search.php
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--- a/db_tables_search.php
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-<?php
-/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
-/**
- * DB search optimisation
- *
- * @package PhpMyAdmin
- */
-
-require_once 'libraries/common.inc.php';
-require_once 'libraries/Util.class.php';
-
-$db = $_GET['db'];
-$table_term = $_GET['table'];
-$common_url_query = PMA_generate_common_url($GLOBALS['db']);
-$tables_full = PMA_Util::getTableList($db);
-$tables_response = array();
-
-foreach ($tables_full as $key => $table) {
-    if (strpos($key, $table_term) !== false) {
-        $link = '<li class="ajax_table"><a class="tableicon" title="'
-            . htmlspecialchars($link_title)
-            . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table['Comment'])
-            . ' ('
-            . PMA_Util::formatNumber($table['Rows'], 0)
-            . ' ' . __('Rows') . ')"' . ' id="quick_'
-            . htmlspecialchars($table_db . '.' . $table['Name']) . '"'
-            . ' href="' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable'] . '?'
-            . $common_url_query
-            . '&amp;table=' . urlencode($table['Name'])
-            . '&amp;goto=' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable']
-            . '" >';
-        $attr = array(
-            'id' => 'icon_' . htmlspecialchars($table_db . '.' . $table['Name'])
-        );
-        if (PMA_Table::isView($table_db, $table['Name'])) {
-            $link .= PMA_Util::getImage(
-                's_views.png', htmlspecialchars($link_title), $attr
-            );
-        } else {
-            $link .= PMA_Util::getImage(
-                'b_browse.png', htmlspecialchars($link_title), $attr
-            );
-        }
-        $link .= '</a>';
-        // link for the table name itself
-        $href = $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabTable'] . '?'
-                . $common_url_query . '&amp;table='
-                . urlencode($table['Name']) . '&amp;pos=0';
-        $link .= '<a href="' . $href . '" title="'
-            . htmlspecialchars(
-                PMA_Util::getTitleForTarget(
-                    $GLOBALS['cfg']['DefaultTabTable']
-                )
-                . ': ' . $table['Comment']
-                . ' (' .
-                PMA_Util::formatNumber($table['Rows'], 0)
-                . ' ' . __('Rows') . ')'
-            )
-            . '" id="' . htmlspecialchars($table_db . '.' . $table['Name'])
-            . '">'
-            // preserve spaces in table name
-            . str_replace(' ', '&nbsp;', htmlspecialchars($table['disp_name']))
-            . '</a>';
-        $link .= '</li>' . "\n";
-        $table['line'] = $link;
-        $tables_response[] = $table;
-    }
-}
-
-$response = PMA_Response::getInstance();
-$response->addJSON('tables', $tables_response);
-?>