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views/createView.php

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+<style>
+    body {
+        background-color: #333333;
+        color: white;
+    }
+</style>
+<?php
+// Simple Script to create a MySQL View.
+
+define("INITIALIZATION_FILE_NAME", "../xml/settings.xml");
+
+// Retrieve the View Name.
+
+$view = $_GET["view"] ?? "";
+
+if (empty($view)) {
+    echo "No view name given. View not created.";
+    exit();
+}
+
+if ((include "{$view}.php") != true) {
+    echo "{$view}.php not found. View not created.";
+    exit;
+}
+
+// Retrieve Application Settings
+
+$applicationSettings = simplexml_load_file(INITIALIZATION_FILE_NAME);
+
+if (empty($applicationSettings)) {
+    echo "Unable to load Application Settings." . PHP_EOL;
+    exit();
+}
+
+echo $applicationSettings->asXML();
+die();
+
+// Connect to the Database.
+
+$host = (string) $applicationSettings->DatabaseServer;
+$database = (string) $applicationSettings->DatabaseName;
+$user = (string) $applicationSettings->DatabaseUser;
+$password = (string) $applicationSettings->DatabasePassword;
+
+try {
+    $connection = new PDO("mysql:host={$host};dbname={$database}", $user, $password);
+} catch (PDOException | Exception $e) {
+    echo "Unable to connect to the database. <br/>";
+    echo "Error is: {$e->getMessage()}";
+    exit();
+}
+
+// Create the view.
+
+$connection->exec("drop view if exists {$view}");
+
+try {
+    $connection->exec($SQL);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo "Error creating view. <br/>";
+    echo "Error is: {$e->getMessage()}";
+    exit();
+}
+
+if ($connection->errorCode() != 0) {
+    echo "Error creating view. <br/>";
+    echo "<pre>";
+    print_r($connection->errorInfo());
+} else {
+    echo "View {$view} was created.";
+}
+?>