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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::init</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_init</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::init</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_init</span> — <span class="dc-title">Initializes MySQLi and returns a resource for use with mysqli_real_connect()</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"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli::init</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
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<span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_init</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Allocates or initializes a MYSQL object suitable for
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.options.html" class="function">mysqli_options()</a></span> and <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_real_connect()</a></span>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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Any subsequent calls to any mysqli function (except <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.options.html" class="function">mysqli_options()</a></span>)
will fail until <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_real_connect()</a></span> was called.
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Returns an object.
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See <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_real_connect()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.options.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_options()</a> - Set options</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_close()</a> - Closes a previously opened database connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_real_connect()</a> - Opens a connection to a mysql server</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_connect()</a> - Alias of mysqli::__construct</span></li>
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