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-- Posted by RossTheHoss69 at 5:53 pm on Mar. 25, 2008
Okay, anytime I create a PHP file to try and make a new MySQL database using the line:

Code:

CREATE DATABASE testdb;
?>

I get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\xampp\69.php on line 3.
I'm using Apache.
Help?
Why am I getting this message?

-- Posted by allsmiles at 9:17 am on Mar. 26, 2008
It needs to be

Code:

mysql_connect('serveraddress','username','password');
mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE testdb");
?>

-- Posted by PiXiE at 9:21 am on Mar. 26, 2008
mysql =/= php. That is why you need mysql_query().