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The CREATE DATABASE statement is used to create a database in MySQL.
The following examples create a database named "myDB":

syntax
<?php
$sql ="CREATE DATABASE myDB";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo
"Database created successfully";
else { echo "Error creating database: " . $conn->error; $conn->close();
}
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    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>

    <?php
    
    # if statement in php
    
    
    $conn = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "");
     
        $sql="CREATE DATABASE myDB";
        
       
        
        if 
         ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {  
        echo "Database created successfully";
        
        
            }else {
         
        
        echo  "Error creating database: " . $conn->error;
         
        
            
        $conn->close();
        }
              
             

        
    ?>

    </body>
    </html>
    

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