7.3.9.9 mysqli::$connect_error, mysqli_connect_error

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• mysqli::$connect_error

  mysqli_connect_error

  Returns a string description of the last connect error

Description

Object oriented style

string mysqli->connect_error ;

Procedural style

string mysqli_connect_error();

Returns the last error message string from the last call to mysqli_connect.

Return Values

A string that describes the error. NULL is returned if no error occurred.

Examples

Example 7.47 $mysqli->connect_error example

Object oriented style

<?php
$mysqli = @new mysqli('localhost', 'fake_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');
// Works as of PHP 5.2.9 and 5.3.0.
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
    die('Connect Error: ' . $mysqli->connect_error);
}
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$link = @mysqli_connect('localhost', 'fake_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');
if (!$link) {
    die('Connect Error: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
}
?>

The above examples will output:

Connect Error: Access denied for user 'fake_user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Notes

Warning

The mysqli->connect_error property only works properly as of PHP versions 5.2.9 and 5.3.0. Use the mysqli_connect_error function if compatibility with earlier PHP versions is required.

See Also

mysqli_connect

mysqli_connect_errno

mysqli_errno

mysqli_error

mysqli_sqlstate