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<h1 class="refname">sqlsrv_free_stmt</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(No version information available, might only be in SVN)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">sqlsrv_free_stmt</span> — <span class="dc-title">Frees all resources for the specified statement</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>sqlsrv_free_stmt</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$stmt</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Frees all resources for the specified statement. The statement cannot be used
after <span class="function"><strong>sqlsrv_free_stmt()</strong></span> has been called on it. If
<span class="function"><strong>sqlsrv_free_stmt()</strong></span> is called on an in-progress statement
that alters server state, statement execution is terminated and the statement
is rolled back.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">stmt</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The statment for which resources are freed.
Note that <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> is a valid parameter value. This allows the function to be
called multiple times in a script.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>sqlsrv_free_stmt()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$serverName </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"serverName\sqlexpress"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connectionInfo </span><span style="color: #007700">= array( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Database"</span><span style="color: #007700">=></span><span style="color: #DD0000">"dbName"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"UID"</span><span style="color: #007700">=></span><span style="color: #DD0000">"username"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"PWD"</span><span style="color: #007700">=></span><span style="color: #DD0000">"password"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sqlsrv_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$serverName</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connectionInfo</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn </span><span style="color: #007700">=== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false </span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sqlsrv_errors</span><span style="color: #007700">(), </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sqlsrv_query</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * FROM Table_1"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt </span><span style="color: #007700">=== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">false </span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sqlsrv_errors</span><span style="color: #007700">(), </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/*-------------------------------<br /> Process query results here.<br />-------------------------------*/<br /><br />/* Free the statement resources. */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sqlsrv_free_stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<p class="para">
The main difference between <span class="function"><strong>sqlsrv_free_stmt()</strong></span> and
<span class="function"><a href="function.sqlsrv-cancel.html" class="function">sqlsrv_cancel()</a></span> is that a statement resource cancelled with
<span class="function"><a href="function.sqlsrv-cancel.html" class="function">sqlsrv_cancel()</a></span> can be re-executed if it was created with
<span class="function"><a href="function.sqlsrv-prepare.html" class="function">sqlsrv_prepare()</a></span>. A statement resource cancelled with
<span class="function"><strong>sqlsrv_free_statement()</strong></span> cannot be re-executed.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.sqlsrv-free-stmt-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.sqlsrv-cancel.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sqlsrv_cancel()</a> - Cancels a statement</span></li>
</ul>
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