note 116859 added to pdo.prepare

you can't use CREATE DATABASE with prepared statement. $sql = $conn->prepare("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS :dbname ;", array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_FWDONLY)); $sql->execute(array(':dbname' => $dbname)); This will not work. Anyone has an explanation ? ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 147.94.79.142 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.prepare.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116859 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116859 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116859 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php