xPDOManager.createSourceContainer

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xPDOManager::createSourceContainer()¶

Creates the physical data container represented by a data source.

Syntax¶

boolean createSourceContainer (
   $dsnArray = null,
   [$username = null],
   [$password = null],
   [$containerOptions = array()]
)

Examples¶

Create a database called ‘MyDatabase’.

$newDatabaseName = 'MyDatabase';
$dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname='.$newDatabaseName.';charset=utf8';
$manager = $xpdo->getManager();
$manager->createSourceContainer(xPDO::parseDSN($dsn),'myusername','mypassword');