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# mysql_error

mysql_error -- Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation

## Description

`string mysql_error`(int [link_identifier] );

Errors coming back from the mySQL database backend no longer issue warnings. Instead, use these functions to retrieve the error string.

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      2 <?php
      3 mysql_connect("marliesle");
      4 echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>";
      5 mysql_select_db("nonexistentdb");
      6 echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>";
      7 $conn = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable");
      8 echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>";
      9 ?>
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See also: mysql_errno()

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