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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::real_query</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_real_query</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::real_query</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_real_query</span> — <span class="dc-title">Execute an SQL query</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">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli::real_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_real_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Executes a single query against the database whose result can then be
retrieved or stored using the <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> functions.
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In order to determine if a given query should return a result set or not,
see <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.field-count.html" class="function">mysqli_field_count()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">Procedural style only: A link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_connect()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.init.html" class="function">mysqli_init()</a></span>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The query, as a string.
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<p class="para">
Data inside the query should be <a href="mysqli.real-escape-string.html" class="link">properly escaped</a>.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<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.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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