mysqli.connect_error(3) [php man page]

MYSQLI.CONNECT_ERROR(3) 						 1						   MYSQLI.CONNECT_ERROR(3)

mysqli::$connect_error - Returns a string description of the last connect error

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       string$mysqli->connect_error ()

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       string mysqli_connect_error (void  )

	Returns the last error message string from the last call to mysqli_connect(3).

RETURN VALUES

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

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      $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(3) function
	      if compatibility with earlier PHP versions is required.

SEE ALSO

       mysqli_connect(3), mysqli_connect_errno(3), mysqli_errno(3), mysqli_error(3), mysqli_sqlstate(3).

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MYSQLI_PING(3)								 1							    MYSQLI_PING(3)

mysqli::ping - Pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the connection has gone down

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       bool mysqli::ping (void	)

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       bool mysqli_ping (mysqli  $link)

	Checks	whether  the  connection to the server is working. If it has gone down, and global option mysqli.reconnect is enabled an automatic
       reconnection is attempted.

	This function can be used by clients that remain idle for a long while, to check whether the server has closed the connection  and  recon-
       nect if necessary.

PARAMETERS

	      o $
		link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3)

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      mysqli::ping example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

	      /* check connection */
	      if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
		  printf("Connect failed: %s
", $mysqli->connect_error);
		  exit();
	      }

	      /* check if server is alive */
	      if ($mysqli->ping()) {
		  printf ("Our connection is ok!
");
	      } else {
		  printf ("Error: %s
", $mysqli->error);
	      }

	      /* close connection */
	      $mysqli->close();
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

	      /* check connection */
	      if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
		  printf("Connect failed: %s
", mysqli_connect_error());
		  exit();
	      }

	      /* check if server is alive */
	      if (mysqli_ping($link)) {
		  printf ("Our connection is ok!
");
	      } else {
		  printf ("Error: %s
", mysqli_error($link));
	      }

	      /* close connection */
	      mysqli_close($link);
	      ?>

	      The above examples will output:

	      Our connection is ok!

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