mysqli::$error

mysqli_error

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mysqli::$error -- mysqli_errorReturns a string description of the last error

Description

Object-oriented style

Procedural style

mysqli_error(mysqli $mysql): string

Returns the last error message for the most recent MySQLi function call that can succeed or fail.

Parameters

mysql

Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 $mysqli->error example

Object-oriented style

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

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

if (!
$mysqli->query("SET a=1")) {
printf("Error message: %s\n", $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\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}

if (!
mysqli_query($link, "SET a=1")) {
printf("Error message: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
}

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

The above examples will output:

Error message: Unknown system variable 'a'

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