Drop multiple tables in one shot in MySQL

We can use the following syntax to drop multiple tables:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS B,C,A;

This can be placed in the beginning of the script instead of individually dropping each table.

SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a,b,c;
SET foreign_key_checks = 1;

Then you do not have to worry about dropping them in the correct order, nor whether they actually exist.

N.B. this is for MySQL only (as in the question). Other databases likely have different methods for doing this.