Creating a db with a query

[nomadrw]

Hello everyone.

I'm having troubles creating a db with a query.

I'm reading a book called PHP Bibles from Tim Converse

I get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_create_db() in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/testing/10/ch22/weblog_db_create.php on line 8

Not sure why and help would be great.

Here is the code:

<?php
// You'll probably have to be the root MySQL user to run this script.
// If you can't get that permission, you could alter the script below
// to create tables in your pre-existing database.
include("db_password.inc");

mysql_connect($hostname, $user, $password) or die("Failure to communicate");
$try_create = mysql_create_db("weblogs");
if ($try_create > 0) {
  echo ("Successfully created database.<BR>\n");
  mysql_select_db("weblogs");
  $query = "CREATE TABLE login (ID SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, username VARCHAR(20), password VARCHAR(20))";
  $result = mysql_query($query);
  // Since we're not using the standard MySQL
  // date format, store date as an integer
  $query2 = "CREATE TABLE mylog (ID SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, date INT(, blogtext TEXT)";
  $result2 = mysql_query($query2);
  mysql_close();
  if ($result > 0 && $result2 > 0) {
    echo ("Successfully created tables<BR>\n");
  } else {
    echo ("Unable to create tables.");
  }
} else {
  echo ("Unable to create database");
}
?>

 

Password for db_password.inc

localhost

nomad

nomad

 

Many thanks

Damon

[nomadrw]

opps

line 8 is this

$try_create = mysql_create_db("weblogs");

 

Also I'm using PHP 5.3.0

On a Mac using XAMPP 1.7.2a

 

If you need any more info please let me know

Thanks

[Brandon_R]

The function mysql_create_db will not be available if the mysql extension was built against a MySQL 4.x client library. This function is also depreciated. Use a mysql_query to create a DB instead.

[nomadrw]

Use a mysql_query to create a DB instead.

I do this inside the phpmyadmin?

If so How do i create the tables with the query. that I have listed above or should I just create the SQL inside phpmyadmin.

 

thanks

damon

[mikesta707]

You can create a database with a sql query, as brandon said, and simply use mysql_query().

 

check out this for the syntax