Returns a string description of the last connect error (original) (raw)

mysqli::$connect_error

mysqli_connect_error

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

mysqli::$connect_error -- mysqli_connect_error — Returns a string description of the last connect error

Description

Object oriented style

stringmysqli->connect_error;

Procedural style

mysqli_connect_error ( void ) : string

Return Values

A string that describes the error. NULL is returned if no error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 $mysqli->connect_error example

Object oriented style

<?php $mysqli = @new mysqli('localhost', 'fake_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');// Works as of PHP 5.2.9 and 5.3.0. if ($mysqli->connect_error) { die('Connect Error: ' . $mysqli->connect_error); } ?>

Procedural style

`<?php
$link = @mysqli_connect('localhost', 'fake_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');

if (!

$link) {
die('Connect Error: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
}
?> `

The above examples will output:

Connect Error: Access denied for user 'fake_user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Notes

Warning

The mysqli->connect_error property only works properly as of PHP versions 5.2.9 and 5.3.0. Use the mysqli_connect_error() function if compatibility with earlier PHP versions is required.

See Also

• mysqli_connect() - Alias of mysqli::__construct
• mysqli_connect_errno() - Returns the error code from last connect call
• mysqli_errno() - Returns the error code for the most recent function call
• mysqli_error() - Returns a string description of the last error
• mysqli_sqlstate() - Returns the SQLSTATE error from previous MySQL operation