mysql_drop_db Drop (delete) a MySQL database boolmysql_drop_db stringdatabase_name resource link_identifier mysql_drop_db attempts to drop (remove) an entire database from the server associated with the specified link identifier. &return.success; For downward compatibility mysql_dropdb can also be used. This is deprecated, however. The function mysql_drop_db is deprecated. It is preferable to use mysql_query to issue a SQL DROP DATABASE statement instead. This function will not be available if the MySQL extension was built against a MySQL 4.x client library. See also mysql_query.