function createMatrixTable($pCaption1, $pMaxX, $pCaption2, $pMaxY, $pMasterID) {


    // function vars

    define("DBName", "test");
    define("DBServer", "localhost");
    define("DBUser", "htbase");
    define("DBPasswd", "reichtum");

    $wrongArgsError = "Argumente falsch &�bergeben, Aufruf: 1.String, 2.Int, 3.String, 4.Int 5.String \n";

    // check args

    if (!is_string(pCaption1) or (!is_int($pMaxX)) or (!is_string($pCaption2))
        or (!is_int($pMaxY)) or (!is_string($pMasterID))) {
        echo "$wrongArgsError";
        exit;

    } else {

        // create db-conn

        $dbConn = mysql_connect(DBServer, DBUser, DBPasswd) or die("Keine Verbindung m&�glich: ".mysql_error());

        // select db
        
        mysql_select_db(DBName) or die("Auswahl der Datenbank fehlgeschlagen");

        // create initial table containing only two columns

        $tablename =  $pCaption1 . "_" . $pMaxX ."_" . $pCaption2 . "_" . $pMaxY . "_" . $pMasterID;

        $queryCreateTable = "create table ". $tablename . " (" 
               
               
      . "ID int auto_increment primary key, "
               
               
      . $pMasterID .  " varchar(10))";
               
   
        mysql_query($queryCreateTable) or die("Anfrage fehlgeschlagen create table query: ".mysql_error());

        // add columns

        for($i = 1; $i <= $pMaxX; $i++) {
            
            for($j = 1; $j <= $pMaxY; $j++) {
               
 
               
 $colName = $pCaption1 . "_" . $i . "_" . $pCaption2 . "_" . $j; 
               
 $queryAddColumn = "alter table " . $tablename . " add column " . $colName . " float;";
               
 mysql_query($queryAddColumn) or die("Anfrage Spalte hinzufuegen fehlgeschlagen: ".mysql_error());
               
 
            }  &nbsp
;         
        }

        mysql_close($dbConn);
    
    }
}