- Obtaining & Using MySQLi Metadata
- MySQLi - Handling NULL Values
- MySQLi - Using Joins
- MySQLi - Sorting Results
- MySQLi - Like Clause
- MySQLi - Delete Query
- MySQLi - Update Query
- MySQLi - Where Clause
- MySQLi - Select Query
- MySQLi - Insert Query
- MySQLi - Drop Tables
- MySQLi - Create Tables
- MySQLi - Select Database
- MySQLi - Drop Database
- MySQLi - Create Database
- MySQLi - Connection
- MySQLi - PHP Syntax
- MySQLi - Introduction
- MySQLi - Home
MySQL
- MySQL - Handling Duplicates
- MySQL - Using Sequences
- MySQL - Clone Tables
- MySQL - Temporary Tables
- MySQL - Indexes
- MySQL - Alter Command
- MySQL - Transactions
- MySQL - Regexps
- MySQL - Data Types
- MySQL - Administration
- MySQL - Installation
MySQLi Useful Resources
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- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
MySQLi - Drop Database
Drop a Database using mysqladmin
You would need special privileges to create or to delete a MySQL database. So, assuming you have access to the root user, you can create any database using the mysql mysqladmin binary.
Be careful while deleting any database because you will lose your all the data available in your database.
Here is an example to delete a database(TUTORIALS) created in the previous chapter −
[root@host]# mysqladmin -u root -p drop TUTORIALS Enter password:******
This will give you a warning and it will confirm if you really want to delete this database or not.
Dropping the database is potentially a very bad thing to do. Any data stored in the database will be destroyed. Do you really want to drop the TUTORIALS database [y/N] y Database "TUTORIALS" dropped
Drop Database using PHP Script
PHP uses mysqp query() or mysql_query() function to drop a MySQL database. This function takes two parameters and returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Syntax
$mysqp→query($sql,$resultmode)
Sr.No. | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 |
$sql Required - SQL query to drop a MySQL database. |
2 |
$resultmode Optional - Either the constant MYSQLI_USE_RESULT or MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT depending on the desired behavior. By default, MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT is used. |
Example
Try the following example to drop a database −
Copy and paste the following example as mysql_example.php −
<html> <head><title>Dropping MySQL Database</title></head> <body> <?php $dbhost = localhost ; $dbuser = root ; $dbpass = root@123 ; $mysqp = new mysqp($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass); if($mysqp->connect_errno ) { printf("Connect failed: %s<br />", $mysqp->connect_error); exit(); } printf( Connected successfully.<br /> ); if ($mysqp->query("Drop DATABASE TUTORIALS")) { printf("Database TUTORIALS dropped successfully.<br />"); } if ($mysqp->errno) { printf("Could not drop database: %s<br />", $mysqp->error); } $mysqp->close(); ?> </body> </html>
Output
Access the mysql_example.php deployed on apache web server and verify the output.
Connected successfully. Database TUTORIALS dropped successfully.Advertisements