这是我在bash脚本中做这件事的方式:

#!/bin/sh

DATABASE_USER=*****
DATABASE_PWD=*****
DATABASE_NAME=my_database

if mysql -u$DATABASE_USER -p$DATABASE_PWD -e "use $DATABASE_NAME";
then
echo "Database $DATABASE_NAME already exists. Exiting."
exit
else
echo Create database
mysql -u$DATABASE_USER -p$DATABASE_PWD -e "CREATE DATABASE $DATABASE_NAME"
fi

有了这个脚本，你可以得到是否数据库存在，如果它不存在，它不会抛出异常。

SELECT 
    IF(EXISTS( SELECT 
                SCHEMA_NAME
            FROM
                INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA
            WHERE
                SCHEMA_NAME = 'DbName'),
        'Yes',
        'No')  as exist

另一个php解决方案，但与PDO:

<?php
try {
   $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=dbname', 'root', 'password', [ PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION ]);
   echo 'table dbname exists...';
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
   die('dbname not found...');
}

从壳像bash

if [[ ! -z "`mysql -qfsBe "SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME='db'" 2>&1`" ]];
then
  echo "DATABASE ALREADY EXISTS"
else
  echo "DATABASE DOES NOT EXIST"
fi

如果你正在寻找一个php脚本，请参阅下面。

$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
  die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}

// make foo the current db
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo', $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
  die ('Cannot use foo : ' . mysql_error());
}

下面的解决方案对我来说很有效:

mysql -u${MYSQL_USER} -p${MYSQL_PASSWORD} \
-s -N -e "SELECT SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA WHERE SCHEMA_NAME='${MYSQL_DATABASE}'"