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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::$connect_error</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_connect_error</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::$connect_error</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_connect_error</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns a string description of the last connect error</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="fieldsynopsis"><span class="type">string</span> <var class="varname"><a href="mysqli.connect-error.html">$mysqli->connect_error</a></var>;</div>
<p class="para">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_connect_error</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Returns the last error message string from the last call to
<span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_connect()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.connect-error-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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A string that describes the error. <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> is returned if no error occurred.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli.connect-error-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$mysqli->connect_error</var></var> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents"><p>Object oriented style</p></div>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$mysqli </span><span style="color: #007700">= @new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'fake_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_db'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Works as of PHP 5.2.9 and 5.3.0.<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Connect Error: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>Procedural style</p></div>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= @</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'fake_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_db'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Connect Error: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Connect Error: Access denied for user 'fake_user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-mysqli.connect-error-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
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The mysqli->connect_error property only works properly
as of PHP versions 5.2.9 and 5.3.0.
Use the <span class="function"><strong>mysqli_connect_error()</strong></span>
function if compatibility with earlier PHP versions is required.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli.connect-error-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<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>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.connect-errno.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_connect_errno()</a> - Returns the error code from last connect call</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.errno.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_errno()</a> - Returns the error code for the most recent function call</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.error.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_error()</a> - Returns a string description of the last error</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.sqlstate.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_sqlstate()</a> - Returns the SQLSTATE error from previous MySQL operation</span></li>
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