php man page for mysqli_kill

MYSQLI_KILL(3)								 1							    MYSQLI_KILL(3)

mysqli::kill - Asks the server to kill a MySQL thread

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       bool mysqli::kill (int  $processid)

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       bool mysqli_kill (mysqli  $link, int  $processid)

	This  function	is  used  to  ask the server to kill a MySQL thread specified by the $processid parameter. This value must be retrieved by
       calling the mysqli_thread_id(3) function.

	To stop a running query you should use the SQL command KILL QUERY processid.

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::kill 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();
	      }

	      /* determine our thread id */
	      $thread_id = $mysqli->thread_id;

	      /* Kill connection */
	      $mysqli->kill($thread_id);

	      /* This should produce an error */
	      if (!$mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City")) {
		  printf("Error: %s
", $mysqli->error);
		  exit;
	      }

	      /* 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();
	      }

	      /* determine our thread id */
	      $thread_id = mysqli_thread_id($link);

	      /* Kill connection */
	      mysqli_kill($link, $thread_id);

	      /* This should produce an error */
	      if (!mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City")) {
		  printf("Error: %s
", mysqli_error($link));
		  exit;
	      }

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

	      The above examples will output:

	      Error: MySQL server has gone away

SEE ALSO
       mysqli_thread_id(3).

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