How to create multiple MySQL tables via PHP using a single query? - php

Question

I am trying to create a "setup script" for my website. I would like to create the database, adding tables and some content at the same time. So far this is how I did it, but it seems kind off messy using multiple queries:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "password";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// Create database
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE MYDB";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "1. Database created successfully <br/>";
$conn->select_db("MYDB");
$sql_members = "CREATE TABLE MEMBERS (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
USERNAME VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
EMAIL VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
DISCOUNT VARCHAR(5),
PASSW CHAR(128),
ROLE VARCHAR(9)
)";
if ($conn->query($sql_members) === TRUE) {
echo "2. Table MEMBERS created successfully <br/>";
} else {
echo "Error creating table: " . $conn->error;
}
$sql_content = "CREATE TABLE CONTENT (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
TITLE VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
TEXT VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL
)";
if ($conn->query($sql_content) === TRUE) {
echo "3. Table CONTENT created successfully <br/>";
} else {
echo "Error creating table: " . $conn->error;
}
} else {
echo "Error creating database: " . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
Is there a better way?
Thanks!
== UPDATE ==
I have tried to export the database and use the resulted .sql file as my setup query, but something is wrong, I get:
Error creating tables: 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 'INSERT INTO CONTACTS (ID, NAME, PHONE,
EMAIL, ADDRESS, CITY, `COUN' at line 12
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `CONTACTS` (
`ID` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`NAME` varchar(25) COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
`PHONE` varchar(16) COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
`EMAIL` varchar(35) COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
`ADDRESS` text COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
`CITY` varchar(16) COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
`COUNTRY` varchar(16) COLLATE utf8_romanian_ci NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_romanian_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;
INSERT INTO `CONTACTS` (`ID`, `NAME`, `PHONE`, `EMAIL`, `ADDRESS`, `CITY`, `COUNTRY`) VALUES
(1, 'Peter Brown', '0742062307', 'office#shop.com', 'Avenue 13.', 'Santaclaus', 'Austria');
== SOLUTUION ==
I needed "multi_query()" for executing my multiple queries.

Answer 1

You can try this too :p
$errors = [];
$table1 = "CREATE TABLE MEMBERS (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
USERNAME VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
EMAIL VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
DISCOUNT VARCHAR(5),
PASSW CHAR(128),
ROLE VARCHAR(9)
)";
$table2 = "CREATE TABLE CONTENT (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
TITLE VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
TEXT VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL
)";
$tables = [$table1, $table2];
foreach($tables as $k => $sql){
$query = #$conn->query($sql);
if(!$query)
$errors[] = "Table $k : Creation failed ($conn->error)";
else
$errors[] = "Table $k : Creation done";
}
foreach($errors as $msg) {
echo "$msg <br>";
}

Answer 2

You could export the whole database including all tables using the command line or using PhPMyAdmin. Then query the content of the file in php to create the database.

Answer 3

you can create a file and put all your sql queries in it..
CREATE TABLE MEMBERS (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
USERNAME VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
EMAIL VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
DISCOUNT VARCHAR(5),
PASSW CHAR(128),
ROLE VARCHAR(9)
);
CREATE TABLE CONTENT (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
TITLE VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
TEXT VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL
);
then in your php code:
$query = file_get_contents ('queries.sql');
if ($conn->query($query) === TRUE) {
echo "all tables created successfully <br/>";
} else {
echo "Error creating tables: " . $conn->error;
}