maybe_create_table( string $table_name, string $create_ddl ): bool

2684function maybe_create_table( $table_name, $create_ddl ) {2685	global $wpdb;2686 2687	$query = $wpdb->prepare( 'SHOW TABLES LIKE %s', $wpdb->esc_like( $table_name ) );2688 2689	if ( $wpdb->get_var( $query ) === $table_name ) {2690		return true;2691	}2692 2693	// Didn't find it, so try to create it.2694	$wpdb->query( $create_ddl );2695 2696	// We cannot directly tell that whether this succeeded!2697	if ( $wpdb->get_var( $query ) === $table_name ) {2698		return true;2699	}2700 2701	return false;2702}