//[dv] depricated
        //http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-create-db.php
        //return mysql_create_db($name, $db);
        
        //[dv] this is not a good way to do this, as it doesn't tell you if
it succeeded or not.
        //return mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ".$name);
        
        //this returns error 1007 if it exists already
        return mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE ".$name); 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sargent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 3:03 AM
> To: PHP List
> Subject: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function 
> mysql_create_db()
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I get the following,
> 
> *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function mysql_create_db() in 
> */usr/local/apache2/htdocs/createmovie.php* on line 6
> 
> for this code,
> 
>  5 //create the moviesite database
>  6 mysql_create_db("moviesite") or die(mysql_error());
> 
> which is from a tutorial in the book I'm using. Any pointers? 
> Code looks 
> identical to the book's. Cheers.
> 
> P.S. I also tried this,
> 
> mysql_create_db("moviesite", $connect) or die(mysql_error());
> 
> and
> 
> mysql_create_db("moviesite", "$connect") or die(mysql_error());
> 
> Mark Sargent.
> 
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