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<h1 class="refname">mysql_stat</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_stat</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get current system status</span></p>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future.
Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used.
See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and
<a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information.
Alternatives to this function include:</p>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.stat.html" class="function">mysqli_stat()</a></span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="pdo.getattribute.html" class="methodname">PDO::getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_SERVER_INFO)</a></span></li>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mysql-stat-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_stat</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code><span class="initializer"> = NULL</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>mysql_stat()</strong></span> returns the current server status.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mysql-stat-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">The MySQL connection. If the
link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function">mysql_connect()</a></span> is assumed. If no such link is found, it
will try to create one as if <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function">mysql_connect()</a></span> was called
with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an
<strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> level error is generated.</p></dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mysql-stat-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a string with the status for uptime, threads, queries, open tables,
flush tables and queries per second. For a complete list of other status
variables, you have to use the <em>SHOW STATUS</em> SQL command.
If <em><code class="parameter">link_identifier</code></em> is invalid, <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> is returned.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1614">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_stat()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$status </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">explode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">' '</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_stat</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$status</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Array
(
[0] => Uptime: 5380
[1] => Threads: 2
[2] => Questions: 1321299
[3] => Slow queries: 0
[4] => Opens: 26
[5] => Flush tables: 1
[6] => Open tables: 17
[7] => Queries per second avg: 245.595
)
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<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1615">
<p><strong>Example #2 Alternative <span class="function"><strong>mysql_stat()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SHOW STATUS'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_fetch_assoc</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Variable_name'</span><span style="color: #007700">] . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">' = ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Value'</span><span style="color: #007700">] . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
back_log = 50
basedir = /usr/local/
bdb_cache_size = 8388600
bdb_log_buffer_size = 32768
bdb_home = /var/db/mysql/
bdb_max_lock = 10000
bdb_logdir =
bdb_shared_data = OFF
bdb_tmpdir = /var/tmp/
...
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mysql-stat-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-get-server-info.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_get_server_info()</a> - Get MySQL server info</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-list-processes.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_list_processes()</a> - List MySQL processes</span></li>
</ul>
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