Function __global->_helper_create_table

Definitions

Create a table with the given name and the given array of field name to type mappings.If a field type starts '*', then it is part of that field's key. If it starts '?', then it is an optional field.
Is abstract?: No
Is static?: No
Is final?: No
Return: N/A

Name	Type	Default	Set	Range	Description
$this_ref	object	required parameter	N/A	N/A	Link to the real database object
$table_name	ID_TEXT	required parameter	N/A	N/A	The table name
$fields	array	required parameter	N/A	N/A	The fields
$skip_size_check	boolean	False	N/A	N/A	Whether to skip the size check for the table (only do this for addon modules that don't need to support anything other than MySQL)
$skip_null_check	boolean	False	N/A	N/A	Whether to skip the check for NULL string fields
$save_bytes	?boolean	False	N/A	N/A	Whether to use lower-byte table storage, with trade-offs of not being able to support all unicode characters; use this if key length is an issue (null: auto-detect if needed). Pass as true/false for normal install code to make intentions explicit, maintenance code may use auto-detect.
$skip_fulltext_key_check	boolean	False	N/A	N/A	Whether to skip checking if keys are appropriate for any auto-created fulltext indices