thank you. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > R B wrote: > > I´m looking that i have another problem: > > > > I´m making a software to install in any server. > > > > The software needs a database, so i want to create a script install.php > > to create the database when this script is executed. > > > > At this point of the instalation, i don´t know none of the users that are > > defined in mysql. > > > > If i use this command: > > > > mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con) > > > > first i need to connect to mysql with the command > > > > mysql_connect > > > > But at this point, i don´t know none of the users that are defined in > mysql. > > > > So, what i do in this case? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Well, obviously the user will have to supply the username and password. > There's no way around that. So after you know the username you can > create the db and then check if the db exists as you have named it > (my_db), and if not check for ($username_my_db), if not that then one of > the examples I gave you, or just skip right to listing the databases. > > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >