Question

Am a newbie in PHP and MySQL, how can I create a database with a phone number being the database name? The phone number is in the format of [phone]. I have tried the code below but keeps on trowing an error.

<?php

$database= $_POST[PhoneNumberTextBox];

//check for MySQL server connection

$connection = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");

if (!$connection)
{
die('Could not connect to database: ' . mysql_error());
}
//Create database 

$sql= "CREATE DATABASE $database";


if(!mysql_query($sql,$connection))
{

die('Could not create database'.mysql_error());

}
else

echo"Database Created<br\>";

//Close connection

mysql_close($connection);

?> 

Answer 1

First of all it doesnt sound right to create a table for each number.

Starting a database name with a number is not allowed. If you insist though, try prepending a letter to it.

For Example: N256720742675