/* Connecting, selecting database */ 
    $link = mysql_connect( "mysql_host" ,  "mysql_user" ,  "mysql_password" )
        or die( "Could not connect" );
    print  "Connected successfully" ;
    mysql_select_db( "my_database" ) or die( "Could not select database" );

     /* Performing SQL query */ 
     /* Запрос НЕ должен заканчиваться на ; */ 
    $query =  "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mytable (id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, name TEXT)" ;
    $result = mysql_query($query) or die( "Query failed" );

    if (!$result) {
      print  "Error creating table!" ;
    } else {
      print  "Table creation succeed!" ;
    }

     /* Free resultset */ 
    mysql_free_result($result);

     /* Closing connection */ 
    mysql_close($link);