phpmyADMIN or mySQL? I am a bit confused with PHP - php

Question

Hey guys the code below is what I am trying to run. I am trying to run a practice MySQL server because I am going to host it on my schools free database which is MySQL
I am using phpmyADMIN but I am a bit confused because yall are saying I am not connecting to MySQL
so what is this code to create a database? Do I need to download MySQL or something? I thought phpmyadmin is the same syntax to create a database/tables/ and values? since I have MySQL turned on?
//creation of database
$sql= 'CREATE DATABASE project';
if(mysql_query($sql,$con)){
echo 'DB created succesfully';
}
else{
echo 'error creating DB' . mysql_errno();
}

Answer 1

PHPMyAdmin is a web-based software program created with PHP to help you administrate MySQL databases. It has its own internally built code to connect to your MySQL databases and perform standard functions such as insert, select, delete, update, etc.
PHPMyAdmin does not really have anything to do with you creating your own PHP program. You will still need to connect to MySQL (as PHPMyAdmin does behind the scenes). You can still use the same code that PHPMyAdmin generates for you for use in your own PHP programs, but you must already be connected to MySQL as a user with valid permissions.
In your PHP code it is important to note that you are using the mysql_* functions which have been deprecated and you should be using the mysqli_* functions instead.
Your code should actually look something like this:
//connect to db
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password");
//creation of database
$sql= 'CREATE DATABASE project';
if(mysqli_query($link, $sql)){
echo 'DB created succesfully';
}
else{
echo 'error creating DB' . mysqli_errno();
}

Answer 2

MySQL is the database server you connect to in order to execute queries such as CREATE DATABASE project. phpmyadmin is a PHP-based front end to MySQL to allow easier browsing and manipulation of the database.
Think of text documents on your computer. notes.txt is a text file, but you could open it with any text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit.
Your specific snippet of code is missing the database connection string, so something more appropriate might look like:
$connection = new mysqli('db_host', 'db_user', 'db_pass');
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE project";
$results = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);
//check for errors
Without connecting to the database, your SQL is all just strings of text with no meaning.

Answer 3

I tried a lot hoping to get a good job here
If you are logged into phpmyadmin, then the only code you can execute is just SQL statements. Like: create database my_db1