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1. Brent Shepherd
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello all,

   I need to create a table for my plugin.

   I found two methods to create a table:

   1. dbDelta: as used in the Creating Tables with Plugins page on the codex
   2. maybe_create_table($table_name, $create_ddl): as found in /admin/install-helper.php and used in many plugins

   Is one of these methods better than the other? If so, why?

   Thanks in advance. :)

   Brent

2. Brent Shepherd
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   FYI for anyone who may be wondering the same thing.

   dbDelta is the better method.

   dbDelta provides upgrade functionality. You could use maybe_create_table, but if you change the structure of your table in a later release. It won't upgrade properly.

3. takien
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thank you brentes

   Do you mean I don't need to check whether a table is exists or not if using dBdelta?

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