MySQLi cannot create new table in PHP - php

Question

I'm getting frustrated with running basic SQL statements in PHP. I keep running into syntax errors that ask me to refer to the current server version of MySQL.
I'm trying to run the follow SQL query:
CREATE DATABASE mc_todo_app;
use mc_todo_app;
CREATE TABLE todos (
id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
task VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
completed BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
updated_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
In PHP I then try to run this script.
require "config.php";
// Create connection
$conn = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password);
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
$sql = file_get_contents('data/init.sql');
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (false === $result) {
printf("Error: %s\n", mysqli_error($conn));
} else {
echo "DB and Table successfully created!";
}
mysqli_close($conn);
This produces the following error message:
Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'use mc_todo_app;
CREATE TABLE todos (
id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
tas' at line 3
Here are the details of my Database server:
I'm even trying basic Table creation statements from W3Schools without success.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

mysqli_query() can only execute one query at a time, while you are attempting to execute multiple queries. You can use mysqli_multi_query() instead.
$sql = file_get_contents('data/init.sql');
$result = mysqli_multi_query($conn, $sql);
http://php.net/mysqli.multi-query