<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Execute an SQL query</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mysqli.real-escape-string.html">mysqli::real_escape_string</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mysqli.reap-async-query.html">mysqli::reap_async_query</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="mysqli.real-query" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <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> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-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::real_query</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_real_query</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <code class="parameter">$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. </p> <p class="para"> 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>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <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> </p></dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The query, as a string. </p> <p class="para"> Data inside the query should be <a href="mysqli.real-escape-string.html" class="link">properly escaped</a>. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-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. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli.real-query-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <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> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mysqli.real-escape-string.html">mysqli::real_escape_string</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mysqli.reap-async-query.html">mysqli::reap_async_query</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mysqli.html">mysqli</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>