createtables.php

<?php

/* PURPOSE: 
Utilities for creating Table table.
Ch

Should store Item, which is a composite object (arrays of Identiers, Names...) be a replacement of arrays; hopefully
*/

$servername = "localhost";
$username = "homeinventorydev";
$password = "855265600PLk";
$dbname = "homeinventorydevdb";

try {
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
    // set the PDO error mode to exception
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

    // sql to create JSON table
    $sql = "CREATE TABLE Item (jdoc JSON)";
    // use exec() because no results are returned
    $conn->exec($sql);
    echo "Table Item created successfully";

    $sql = "CREATE TABLE Cardboard (jdoc JSON)";
    // use exec() because no results are returned
    $conn->exec($sql);
    echo "Table Cardboard created successfully";
    

    }
catch(PDOException $e)
    {
    
  //display a user friendly message
  
  //if code:2002, message = the connection to the database could not be done. Check the connection parameters, check if the database has been created.
      if($e->getCode() == 2002){
        echo $sql ."<br> Code: " . $e->getCode() . "<br>The connection to the database could not be done. Check the connection parameters with your database admin." . $e->getMessage();
      }

    }

$conn = null;
?>