PHP mysqli info() Function

Example - Object Oriented style

Return information about the last executed query:

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

if ($mysqli -> connect_errno) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . $mysqli -> connect_error;
exit();
}

// Perform some queries
$mysqli -> query("CREATE TABLE testPersons LIKE Persons");
$mysqli -> query("INSERT INTO testPersons SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY LastName");

echo $mysqli -> info;

$mysqli -> close();
?>

Look at example of procedural style at the bottom.

Definition and Usage

The info / mysqli_info() function returns information about the last executed query.

This function works with the following query types:

INSERT INTO...SELECT...
INSERT INTO...VALUES (...),(...),(...)
LOAD DATA INFILE ...
ALTER TABLE ...
UPDATE ...

Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli -> info

Procedural style:

mysqli_info(connection)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
connection	Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use

Technical Details

Return Value:	A string that contains additional info about the last executed query
PHP Version:	5+

Example - Procedural style

Return information about the last executed query:

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
}

// Perform som queries
mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE testPersons LIKE Persons");
mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO testPersons SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY LastName");

echo mysqli_info($con);

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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