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PHP

Francesco Paolini
Francesco Paolini
9,910 Points
Posted by Francesco Paolini
Francesco Paolini
9,910 Points

insert data into database from php code

i'm moving my firsts steps with php. wanting to create a table into a database called "prova", that is inside a localhost made with xampp. the code seems right to me, what am i doing wrong?

<?php

$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "prova");

$sql = "CREATE TABLE tab( col1 varchar(255) );";

mysqli_query($conn, $sql);