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check if mysql table exists

Dec 5th, 2007

is there a way that i can check to see if a mysql table exists and if not add the table to the database with a session_id as a table name

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Re: check if mysql table exists

Dec 5th, 2007

Try this. I haven't tested it but it should do the trick. The key is to use the @ sign on line 2 to prevent the error message from showing up on the clients browser. Also, if you add or die(mysql_error()) to the end of line 2, the script will stop.

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$sql="SELECT * FROM $table";
$result=@mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result)
{
echo "No table exists";
// Create a MySQL table 
$tblname=$_SESSION['ID'];
mysql_query("CREATE TABLE $tblname(
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
PRIMARY KEY(id),
 name VARCHAR(30), 
 age INT)")
 or die(mysql_error());  
echo " so I created one!";
}	
$sql="SELECT * FROM $table";
$result=@mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result)
{
echo "No table exists";
// Create a MySQL table 
$tblname=$_SESSION['ID'];
mysql_query("CREATE TABLE $tblname(
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
PRIMARY KEY(id),
 name VARCHAR(30), 
 age INT)")
 or die(mysql_error());  
echo " so I created one!";
}	