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<h1 class="refname">fbsql_create_db</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fbsql_create_db</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create a FrontBase database</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-create-db-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fbsql_create_db</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database_name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database_options</code></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Attempts to create a new database on the specified server.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database_name</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The database name, as a string.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">A FrontBase link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-pconnect.html" class="function">fbsql_pconnect()</a></span>.</p><p class="para">If optional and not specified,
the function will try to find an open link to the FrontBase server and if no
such link is found it will try to create one as if
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> was called with no arguments.</p>
</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database_options</code></em></span>
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-create-db-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-create-db-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<div class="example" id="example-1118">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>fbsql_create_db()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fbsql_pconnect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"_SYSTEM"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"secret"</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Could not connect"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">fbsql_create_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_db"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Database created successfully\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />} else {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Error creating database: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fbsql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-create-db-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-drop-db.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_drop_db()</a> - Drop (delete) a FrontBase database</span></li>
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