php man page for mysqli_stmt_send_long_data

MYSQLI_STMT_SEND_LONG_DATA(3)						 1					     MYSQLI_STMT_SEND_LONG_DATA(3)

mysqli_stmt::send_long_data - Send data in blocks

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       bool mysqli_stmt::send_long_data (int  $param_nr, string  $data)

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       bool mysqli_stmt_send_long_data (mysqli_stmt  $stmt, int  $param_nr, string  $data)

	Allows to send parameter data to the server in pieces (or chunks), e.g. if the size of a blob exceeds the size of max_allowed_packet. This
       function can be called multiple times to send the parts of a character or binary data value for a column, which must be one of the TEXT	or
       BLOB datatypes.

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

	      o $param_nr
		- Indicates which parameter to associate the data with. Parameters are numbered beginning with 0.

	      o $data
		- A string containing data to be sent.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO messages (message) VALUES (?)");
	      $null = NULL;
	      $stmt->bind_param("b", $null);
	      $fp = fopen("messages.txt", "r");
	      while (!feof($fp)) {
		  $stmt->send_long_data(0, fread($fp, 8192));
	      }
	      fclose($fp);
	      $stmt->execute();
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       mysqli_prepare(3), mysqli_stmt_bind_param(3).

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