Database table is not created using PHP - php

Question

When I try to create a table using PHP, it's not created. But when I try to execute same code in MySQL, it works perfectly.
Here is my code.
$sql = "CREATE TABLE docs_1 (  id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,  date timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,  leadid text NOT NULL,  filename text NOT NULL,  title text NOT NULL)";
mysql_query($sql);

Answer 1

There's nothing wrong with your query itself.
The reason may very well be the MySQL library you are using which may be deprecated. Using error reporting will tell you if it is.
Another possible reason could be that you haven't successfully connected to your database. That information hasn't been included in your original post.
Use this mysqli_ method which was tested successfully:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
$DB_HOST = 'xxx'; // Replace
$DB_USER = 'xxx'; // with
$DB_PASS = 'xxx'; // your
$DB_NAME = 'xxx'; // own
$db = new mysqli($DB_HOST, $DB_USER, $DB_PASS, $DB_NAME);
if($db->connect_errno > 0) {
die('Connection failed [' . $db->connect_error . ']');
}
$sql = "CREATE TABLE docs_1
(id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
date timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
leadid text NOT NULL,
filename text NOT NULL,
title text NOT NULL)";
$result = mysqli_query($db,$sql);
if(!$result) {
die('There was an error running the query [' . $db->error . ']');
}
else {
echo "Successful query.";
}
?>
Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) which will help find errors.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
// rest of your code
Sidenote: Error reporting should only be done in staging, and never production.

Answer 2

It's because date is a predefinied word in MySQL, and you can't use it as a colum's name.
EDIT:
Sry, Fred -ii- has right, it isn't a predefined word, so my answer isn't relevant