PHP mysqli kill() Function

Example - Object Oriented style

Return the thread ID for the current connection, then kill the connection:

<?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();
}

// Get thread id
$t_id = $mysqli -> thread_id;

// Kill connection
$mysqli -> kill($t_id);

$mysqli -> close();
?>

Look at example of procedural style at the bottom.

Definition and Usage

The kill() / mysqli_kill() function asks the server to kill a MySQL thread specified by the processid parameter.

Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli -> kill(processid)

Procedural style:

mysqli_kill(connection, processid)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
connection	Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use
processid	Required. The thread ID returned from thread_id()

Technical Details

Return Value:	TRUE on success. FALSE on failure
PHP Version:	5+

Example

Return the thread ID for the current connection, then kill the connection:

<?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();
}

// Get thread id
$t_id=mysqli_thread_id($con);

// Kill connection
mysqli_kill($con, $t_id);

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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