How can PHP be used to dynamically create a table structure based on an existing table in Strato DB?

To dynamically create a table structure based on an existing table in Strato DB using PHP, you can retrieve the structure of the existing table using SQL queries and then use that information to create a new table with the same structure. This can be achieved by querying the information_schema database to get the column names, data types, and any other necessary information about the existing table. 

<?php
// Connect to Strato DB
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Get table structure of existing table
$result = $conn->query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM existing_table");
$columns = array();
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    $columns[] = $row;
}

// Create new table based on existing table structure
$sql = "CREATE TABLE new_table (";
foreach ($columns as $column) {
    $sql .= $column['Field'] . " " . $column['Type'] . ",";
}
$sql = rtrim($sql, ",");
$sql .= ")";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Table created successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error creating table: " . $conn->error;
}

$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP dynamic table structure Strato DB database schema table creation

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