mysqli::query
mysqli_query
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
mysqli::query -- mysqli_query — Performs a query on the database
Description
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Performs a query against the database.
For non-DML queries (not INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE), this function is similar to calling mysqli_real_query() followed by either mysqli_use_result() or mysqli_store_result().
Note:
In the case where you pass a statement to mysqli_query() that is longer than max_allowed_packet of the server, the returned error codes are different depending on whether you are using MySQL Native Driver (mysqlnd) or MySQL Client Library (libmysqlclient). The behavior is as follows:
mysqlnd on Linux returns an error code of 1153. The error message means
got a packet bigger than max_allowed_packet bytes.mysqlnd on Windows returns an error code 2006. This error message means
server has gone away.libmysqlclient on all platforms returns an error code 2006. This error message means
server has gone away.
Parameters
-
link -
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
-
query -
The query string.
Data inside the query should be properly escaped.
-
resultmode -
Either the constant
MYSQLI_USE_RESULTorMYSQLI_STORE_RESULTdepending on the desired behavior. By default,MYSQLI_STORE_RESULTis used.If you use
MYSQLI_USE_RESULTall subsequent calls will return error Commands out of sync unless you call mysqli_free_result()With
MYSQLI_ASYNC(available with mysqlnd), it is possible to perform query asynchronously. mysqli_poll() is then used to get results from such queries.
Return Values
Returns FALSE on failure. For successful SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE or
EXPLAIN queries mysqli_query() will return
a mysqli_result object. For other successful queries mysqli_query() will
return TRUE.
Examples
Example #1 mysqli::query() example
Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
exit();
}
/* Create table doesn't return a resultset */
if ($mysqli->query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City") === TRUE) {
printf("Table myCity successfully created.\n");
}
/* Select queries return a resultset */
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Name FROM City LIMIT 10")) {
printf("Select returned %d rows.\n", $result->num_rows);
/* free result set */
$result->close();
}
/* If we have to retrieve large amount of data we use MYSQLI_USE_RESULT */
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM City", MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)) {
/* Note, that we can't execute any functions which interact with the
server until result set was closed. All calls will return an
'out of sync' error */
if (!$mysqli->query("SET @a:='this will not work'")) {
printf("Error: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
}
$result->close();
}
$mysqli->close();
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* Create table doesn't return a resultset */
if (mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City") === TRUE) {
printf("Table myCity successfully created.\n");
}
/* Select queries return a resultset */
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Name FROM City LIMIT 10")) {
printf("Select returned %d rows.\n", mysqli_num_rows($result));
/* free result set */
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* If we have to retrieve large amount of data we use MYSQLI_USE_RESULT */
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT * FROM City", MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)) {
/* Note, that we can't execute any functions which interact with the
server until result set was closed. All calls will return an
'out of sync' error */
if (!mysqli_query($link, "SET @a:='this will not work'")) {
printf("Error: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above examples will output:
Table myCity successfully created. Select returned 10 rows. Error: Commands out of sync; You can't run this command now
See Also
- mysqli_real_query() - Execute an SQL query
- mysqli_multi_query() - Performs a query on the database
- mysqli_free_result() - Frees the memory associated with a result
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