In this source code example, we will see how to create a database table in PHP using MySQLi with PDO.

PHP MySQL Create Table with PDO

<?php
/* Attempt MySQL server connection. Assuming you are running MySQL
server with default setting (user 'root' with no password) */

$host= "localhost";
$username= "root";
$password = "";
$db_name = "test_db";

try{
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db_name", $username, $password);
    // Set the PDO error mode to exception
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    
    // Print host information
    echo "Connect Successfully. Host info: " . 
$conn->getAttribute(constant("PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS"));
} catch(PDOException $e){
    die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . $e->getMessage());
}
 
// Attempt create table query execution
try{
    // Attempt create table query execution
    $sql = "CREATE TABLE students(
        id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
        first_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
        last_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
        email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE
    )";   
    $pdo->exec($sql);
    echo "Table created successfully.";
} catch(PDOException $e){
    die("ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . $e->getMessage());
}

// Close connection
unset($pdo);
?>

Let's understand the above PHP script.

Create an instance of the PDO class to make a connection to a MySQL database:

$host= "localhost";
$username= "root";
$password = "";
$db_name = "test_db";

try{
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db_name", $username, $password);
    // Set the PDO error mode to exception
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    
    // Print host information
    echo "Connect Successfully. Host info: " . 
$conn->getAttribute(constant("PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS"));
} catch(PDOException $e){
    die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . $e->getMessage());
}

SQL statement to create a database table:

    // Attempt create table query execution
    $sql = "CREATE TABLE students(
        id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
        first_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
        last_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
        email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE
    )";  

Execute SQL query using PDO instance:

 $pdo->exec($sql);

Closing the connection:

// Close connection
unset($pdo);