create database when installing plugin wordpress code example
Example 1: create table in wordpress plugin
<?php
function table_create()
{
global $wpdb;
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "wpactable";
$charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();
$sql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS $table_name (
id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name tinytext NOT NULL,
email tinytext NOT NULL,
number tinytext NOT NULL,
Website text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) $charset_collate";
require_once( ABSPATH .'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php' );
dbDelta( $sql );
}
?>
Example 2: how to create table in wordpress database
function myplugin_update_db_check() {
global $jal_db_version;
if ( get_site_option( 'jal_db_version' ) != $jal_db_version ) {
jal_install();
}
}
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'myplugin_update_db_check' );