mysqli_stmt::$error

mysqli_stmt_error

Returns a string description for last statement error

Description

Object oriented style

string$mysqli_stmt->error;

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

stmt

Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init.

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\n"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.\n"$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\n"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.\n"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
  • mysqli_stmt_sqlstate