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<h1 class="refname">mysqli_stmt::send_long_data</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_stmt_send_long_data</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli_stmt::send_long_data</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_stmt_send_long_data</span> — <span class="dc-title">Send data in blocks</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysqli-stmt.send-long-data-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_stmt::send_long_data</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$param_nr</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_stmt_send_long_data</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli-stmt.html" class="type mysqli_stmt">mysqli_stmt</a></span> <code class="parameter">$stmt</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$param_nr</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Allows to send parameter data to the server in pieces (or chunks), e.g. if the
size of a blob exceeds the size of <em>max_allowed_packet</em>.
This function can be called multiple times to send the parts of a character or
binary data value for a column, which must be one of the TEXT or BLOB datatypes.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli-stmt.send-long-data-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
stmt</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">Procedural style only: A statement identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.stmt-init.html" class="function">mysqli_stmt_init()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">param_nr</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Indicates which parameter to associate the data with. Parameters are
numbered beginning with 0.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A string containing data to be sent.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli-stmt.send-long-data-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli-stmt.send-long-data-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-1718">
<p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$stmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">prepare</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"INSERT INTO messages (message) VALUES (?)"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$null </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NULL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">bind_param</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"b"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$null</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"messages.txt"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"r"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />while (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">feof</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">send_long_data</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fread</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">8192</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli-stmt.send-long-data-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.prepare.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_prepare()</a> - Prepare an SQL statement for execution</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-stmt.bind-param.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_stmt_bind_param()</a> - Binds variables to a prepared statement as parameters</span></li>
</ul>
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