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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::multi_query</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_multi_query</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::multi_query</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_multi_query</span> — <span class="dc-title">Performs a query on the database</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysqli.multi-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::multi_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_multi_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Executes one or multiple queries which are concatenated by a semicolon.
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<p class="para">
To retrieve the resultset from the first query you can use
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.use-result.html" class="function">mysqli_use_result()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.store-result.html" class="function">mysqli_store_result()</a></span>.
All subsequent query results can be processed using
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.more-results.html" class="function">mysqli_more_results()</a></span> and <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.next-result.html" class="function">mysqli_next_result()</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysqli.multi-query-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">
link</code></dt>
<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>
<code class="parameter">query</code></dt>
<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>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysqli.multi-query-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if the first statement failed.
To retrieve subsequent errors from other statements you have to call
<span class="function"><a href="mysqli.next-result.html" class="function">mysqli_next_result()</a></span> first.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysqli.multi-query-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-1890">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli::multi_query()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents"><p>Object oriented style</p></div>
<div class="example-contents">
<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">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT CURRENT_USER();"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">.= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT Name FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 20, 5"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* execute multi query */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">multi_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> do {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* store first result set */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">store_result</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">free</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* print divider */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">more_results</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"-----------------\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> } while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">next_result</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mysqli</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>Procedural style</p></div>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$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">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"world"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT CURRENT_USER();"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">.= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT Name FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 20, 5"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* execute multi query */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_multi_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> do {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* store first result set */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_store_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* print divider */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_more_results</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"-----------------\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> } while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_next_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
my_user@localhost
-----------------
Amersfoort
Maastricht
Dordrecht
Leiden
Haarlemmermeer
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-mysqli.multi-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.use-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_use_result()</a> - Initiate a result set retrieval</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.next-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_next_result()</a> - Prepare next result from multi_query</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="mysqli.more-results.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_more_results()</a> - Check if there are any more query results from a multi query</span></li>
</ul>
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