Question

Really simple question. I forgot how to deal with this specific script. With a PHP file I create tables in mysql database. I have $query variable with the following commands:

$query = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `table1` (
              `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
                      `status` int(11) NOT NULL
              )ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

              CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `table2` (
              `something` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
              `whatever` text NOT NULL
              )ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
         ";

It works only if I exec one single command. When I run multiple CREATE / INSERT / DROP … commands it doesn’t work. For sure there’s a mistake with the syntax maybe ; and ,.

Answer 1

mysql_query() doesn’t support multiple statements in the same call.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php

mysql_query() sends a unique query (multiple queries are not supported) to the currently active database on the server that’s associated with the specified link_identifier.