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MySQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Use this function to create a database in MySQL for the current connection. The name of the database to create is given as the first argument of the function. A different MySQL connection identifier may be given as a second argument. The function returns true if it’s successful, false if unsuccessful. This function is deprecated; use the mysql_query() function with the CREATE DATABASE statement instead. Still, here is an example:

...
mysql_create_db('new_db');
$databases = mysql_list_dbs( );
while($db = mysql_fetch_row($databases)) {
   print $db[0] . "\n";
}
...

This script will create a new database and then display a list of databases to allow the user to confirm that it was successful.