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<h1 class="refname">msql_query</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">msql_query</span> — <span class="dc-title">Send mSQL query</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.msql-query-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>msql_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>msql_query()</strong></span> sends a query to the currently active
database on the server that's associated with the specified link
identifier.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.msql-query-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The SQL query.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">The mSQL connection.
If not specified, the last link opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-connect.html" class="function">msql_connect()</a></span>
is assumed. If no such link is found, the function will try to establish a
link as if <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-connect.html" class="function">msql_connect()</a></span> was called, and use it.
</p></dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.msql-query-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a positive mSQL query identifier on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on
error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.msql-query-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>msql_query()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php <br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"dbserver"</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"unable to connect to msql server: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"db"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"unable to select database 'db': " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=1"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"query failed: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /><br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msql_fetch_array</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">"id"</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.msql-query-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-db-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msql_db_query()</a> - Send mSQL query</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-select-db.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msql_select_db()</a> - Select mSQL database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msql_connect()</a> - Open mSQL connection</span></li>
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