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<h1 class="refname">mysqli_free_result</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli_result::free</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_free_result</span> — <span class="dc-title">Frees the memory associated with a result</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
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<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_result::free</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_result::close</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
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<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_result::free_result</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
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<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_free_result</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli-result.html" class="type mysqli_result">mysqli_result</a></span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Frees the memory associated with the result.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
You should always free your result with
<span class="function"><strong>mysqli_free_result()</strong></span>, when your result object is not
needed anymore.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
result</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">Procedural style only: A result set
identifier returned by <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.query.html" class="function">mysqli_query()</a></span>, <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.store-result.html" class="function">mysqli_store_result()</a></span>
or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.use-result.html" class="function">mysqli_use_result()</a></span>.</p></dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli-result.free-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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No value is returned.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_query()</a> - Performs a query on the database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-stmt.store-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_stmt_store_result()</a> - Transfers a result set from a prepared statement</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.store-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_store_result()</a> - Transfers a result set from the last query</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.use-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_use_result()</a> - Initiate a result set retrieval</span></li>
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