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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::store_result</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_store_result</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::store_result</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_store_result</span> — <span class="dc-title">Transfers a result set from the last query</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli-result.html" class="type mysqli_result">mysqli_result</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli::store_result</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli-result.html" class="type mysqli_result">mysqli_result</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_store_result</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>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Transfers the result set from the last query on the database connection
represented by the <em><code class="parameter">link</code></em> parameter to be used with
the <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-result.data-seek.html" class="function">mysqli_data_seek()</a></span> function.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli.store-result-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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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.store-result-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a buffered result object or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if an error occurred.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>mysqli_store_result()</strong></span> returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> in case the query
didn't return a result set (if the query was, for example an INSERT
statement). This function also returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if the reading of the
result set failed. You can check if you have got an error by checking
if <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.error.html" class="function">mysqli_error()</a></span> doesn't return an empty string, if
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.errno.html" class="function">mysqli_errno()</a></span> returns a non zero value, or if
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.field-count.html" class="function">mysqli_field_count()</a></span> returns a non zero value.
Also possible reason for this function returning <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> after
successful call to <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.query.html" class="function">mysqli_query()</a></span> can be too large
result set (memory for it cannot be allocated). If
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.field-count.html" class="function">mysqli_field_count()</a></span> returns a non-zero value, the
statement should have produced a non-empty result set.
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-mysqli.store-result-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
Although it is always good practice to free the memory used by the result
of a query using the <span class="function"><a href="mysqli-result.free.html" class="function">mysqli_free_result()</a></span> function,
when transferring large result sets using the
<span class="function"><strong>mysqli_store_result()</strong></span> this becomes particularly
important.
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</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli.store-result-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
See <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.multi-query.html" class="function">mysqli_multi_query()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli.store-result-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_real_query()</a> - Execute an SQL 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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