7.3.8.37 mysqli::query, mysqli_query

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• mysqli::query

  mysqli_query

  Performs a query on the database

Description

Object oriented style

public mysqli_result|bool mysqli::query(string query,
                                        int result_mode= =MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT);

Procedural style

mysqli_result|bool mysqli_query(mysqli mysql,
                                string query,
                                int result_mode= =MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT);

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.

Security warning: SQL injection

If the query contains any variable input then parameterized prepared statements should be used instead. Alternatively, the data must be properly formatted and all strings must be escaped using the mysqli_real_escape_string function.

result_mode

The result mode can be one of 3 constants indicating how the result will be returned from the MySQL server.

MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT (default) - returns a mysqli_result object with buffered result set.

MYSQLI_USE_RESULT - returns a mysqli_result object with unbuffered result set. As long as there are pending records waiting to be fetched, the connection line will be busy and all subsequent calls will return error Commands out of sync. To avoid the error all records must be fetched from the server or the result set must be discarded by calling mysqli_free_result.

MYSQLI_ASYNC (available with mysqlnd) - the query is performed asynchronously and no result set is immediately returned. mysqli_poll is then used to get results from such queries. Used in combination with either MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT or MYSQLI_USE_RESULT constant.

Return Values

Returns false on failure. For successful queries which produce a result set, such as SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE or EXPLAIN, mysqli_query will return a mysqli_result object. For other successful queries, mysqli_query will return true.

Examples

Example 7.66 mysqli::query example

Object oriented style

<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* Create table doesn't return a resultset */
$mysqli->query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City");
printf("Table myCity successfully created.\n");
/* Select queries return a resultset */
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Name FROM City LIMIT 10");
printf("Select returned %d rows.\n", $result->num_rows);
/* If we have to retrieve large amount of data we use MYSQLI_USE_RESULT */
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM City", MYSQLI_USE_RESULT);
/* Note, that we can't execute any functions which interact with the
	server until all records have been fully retrieved or the result
	set was closed. All calls will return an 'out of sync' error */
$mysqli->query("SET @a:='this will not work'");

Procedural style

<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* Create table doesn't return a resultset */
mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City");
printf("Table myCity successfully created.\n");
/* Select queries return a resultset */
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Name FROM City LIMIT 10");
printf("Select returned %d rows.\n", mysqli_num_rows($result));
/* If we have to retrieve large amount of data we use MYSQLI_USE_RESULT */
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT * FROM City", MYSQLI_USE_RESULT);
/* Note, that we can't execute any functions which interact with the
	server until all records have been fully retrieved or the result
	set was closed. All calls will return an 'out of sync' error */
mysqli_query($link, "SET @a:='this will not work'");

The above examples will output something similar to:

Table myCity successfully created.
Select returned 10 rows.
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Commands out of sync; you can't run this command now in...

See Also

mysqli_real_query

mysqli_multi_query

mysqli_prepare

mysqli_free_result