function Connection::createDatabase

Overrides \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::createDatabase().

Parameters

string $database: The name of the database to create.

Throws

\Drupal\Core\Database\DatabaseNotFoundException

Overrides Connection::createDatabase

File

core/modules/mysql/src/Driver/Database/mysql/Connection.php, line 325

Class

Connection
MySQL implementation of \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection.

Namespace

Drupal\mysql\Driver\Database\mysql

Code

public function createDatabase($database) {
  // Escape the database name.
  $database = Database::getConnection()->escapeDatabase($database);
  try {
    // Create the database and set it as active.
    $this->connection
      ->exec("CREATE DATABASE {$database}");
    $this->connection
      ->exec("USE {$database}");
  } catch (\Exception $e) {
    throw new DatabaseNotFoundException($e->getMessage());
  }
}

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