how can I creates a mysqli database for first the first time?

Question

I was running an example from a mysqli tutorial.

$mysqli = new mysqli(\"localhost\", \"user\", \"password\", \"database\");
if($mysqli->connect_errno)
{
  ech         


        

Answer 1

You have to use this:

$mysqli=new mysqli("localhost","user","password") or die(".........");

if($mysqli->query("Create database if not exists MyDB")){

   "Failed creating new database: ".$mysqli->connect_errno();
    die();

}

$mysqli->select_db("MyDB");
$mysqli->close();