Might be a beginner question...

Solved:see bottom of post for more info.

I have a .sql file that has 3 commands in it.
2 "Create Tables table' followed by a "Insert Into table"

Each command is terminated with a ;

If I copy the text directly into MySQL. no problems.

I'm trying to get a php file to run the information in the page.

Below the cut is what I tried, what happened, and what I realized:

I tried:

echo "Creating tables and data for <b>$sql_file_name</b>...";
$str = file_get_contents($filePath . $sql_file_name);
if (mysql_query($str)) {
	echo " Done.<br />\n";
} else {
	echo mysql_errno() . ": Error on query for sqlfile <b>$sql_file_name</b>: " . mysql_error() . "<br />\n";
	die;
}

The runtime came back with

1064: Error on querry for sqlfile address.sql:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; 
check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for 
the right syntax to use near '; 
CREATE TABLE `Address_Type` 
( `AddType_UID` int(50) NOT NULL auto_increment' at line 15

My guess is that since PHP queries are submitted without a semi-colon that this tripped up the system. So my question:

Is there a php command: Run_sql_in_file($filepath) ... or
Is there a way to split my .sql string that I'm getting from file_get_contents() into an array split by the semicolon character?

If not obvious I am quite new to PHP and pretty much self teaching as I go.

Thanks!

SOLVED:

I found the explode() command. zimzat posted at about the same time.

I'm on the way out, but will post the final function I generated later if people are interested.