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3.8.6 `mysqli::close`, `mysqli_close`

mysqli::close
mysqli_close
Closes a previously opened database connection

Description

Object-oriented style

public bool mysqli::close();

Procedural style

bool mysqli_close(mysqli mysql);

Closes a previously opened database connection.

Open non-persistent MySQL connections and result sets are automatically closed when their objects are destroyed. Explicitly closing open connections and freeing result sets is optional. However, it's a good idea to close the connection as soon as the script finishes performing all of its database operations, if it still has a lot of processing to do after getting the results.

Parameters

mysql: Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect or mysqli_init

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example 3.34 mysqli::close example

Object-oriented style

<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 3");

/* Close the connection as soon as it's no longer needed */
$mysqli->close();

foreach ($result as $row) {
    /* Processing of the data retrieved from the database */
}

Procedural style

<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 3");

/* Close the connection as soon as it's no longer needed */
mysqli_close($mysqli);

foreach ($result as $row) {
    /* Processing of the data retrieved from the database */
}

Notes

Note

mysqli_close will not close persistent connections. For additional details, see the manual page on persistent connections.

3.8.6 mysqli::close, mysqli_close