php man page for mysqli_stmt_error

MYSQLI_STMT_ERROR(3)							 1						      MYSQLI_STMT_ERROR(3)

mysqli_stmt::$error - Returns a string description for last statement error

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       string$mysqli_stmt->error ()

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       string mysqli_stmt_error (mysqli_stmt  $stmt)

	Returns a string containing the error message for the most recently invoked statement function that can succeed or fail.

PARAMETERS
	      o $
		stmt -Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init(3).

RETURN VALUES
	A string that describes the error. An empty string if no error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      /* Open a connection */
	      $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

	      $mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE myCountry LIKE Country");
	      $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO myCountry SELECT * FROM Country");

	      $query = "SELECT Name, Code FROM myCountry ORDER BY Name";
	      if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($query)) {

		  /* drop table */
		  $mysqli->query("DROP TABLE myCountry");

		  /* execute query */
		  $stmt->execute();

		  printf("Error: %s.
", $stmt->error);

		  /* close statement */
		  $stmt->close();
	      }

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

       Example #2

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      /* Open a connection */
	      $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

	      mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TABLE myCountry LIKE Country");
	      mysqli_query($link, "INSERT INTO myCountry SELECT * FROM Country");

	      $query = "SELECT Name, Code FROM myCountry ORDER BY Name";
	      if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, $query)) {

		  /* drop table */
		  mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE myCountry");

		  /* execute query */
		  mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

		  printf("Error: %s.
", mysqli_stmt_error($stmt));

		  /* close statement */
		  mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
	      }

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

	      The above examples will output:

	      Error: Table 'world.myCountry' doesn't exist.

SEE ALSO
       mysqli_stmt_errno(3), mysqli_stmt_sqlstate(3).

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