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# mysqli_multi_query

(PHP 5)

mysqli_multi_query

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

mysqli->multi_query -- Performs a query on the database

## Description

Procedural style:

bool mysqli_multi_query ( mysqli link, string query )

Object oriented style (method):

class mysqli {
bool multi_query ( string query )
}

The mysqli_multi_query() executes one or multiple queries which are concatenated by a semicolon.

To retrieve the resultset from the first query you can use mysqli_use_result() or mysqli_store_result(). All subsequent query results can be processed using mysqli_more_results() and mysqli_next_result().

## Return Values

mysqli_multi_query() only returns `FALSE` if the first statement failed. To retrieve subsequent errors from other statements you have to call mysqli_next_result() first.

## See Also

mysqli_use_result(), mysqli_store_result(), mysqli_next_result() and mysqli_more_results().

## Examples

Example 1. Object oriented style
`<?php $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world"); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } $query = "SELECT CURRENT_USER();"; $query .= "SELECT Name FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 20, 5"; /* execute multi query */ if ($mysqli->multi_query($query)) { do { /* store first result set */ if ($result = $mysqli->store_result()) { while ($row = $result->fetch_row()) { printf("%s\n", $row[0]); } $result->close(); } /* print divider */ if ($mysqli->more_results()) { printf("-----------------\n"); } } while ($mysqli->next_result()); } /* close connection */ $mysqli->close(); ?>`

Example 2. Procedural style
`<?php $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world"); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } $query = "SELECT CURRENT_USER();"; $query .= "SELECT Name FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 20, 5"; /* execute multi query */ if (mysqli_multi_query($link, $query)) { do { /* store first result set */ if ($result = mysqli_store_result($link)) { while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) { printf("%s\n", $row[0]); } mysqli_free_result($result); } /* print divider */ if (mysqli_more_results($link)) { printf("-----------------\n"); } } while (mysqli_next_result($link)); } /* close connection */ mysqli_close($link); ?>`

The above example will output:

    my_user@localhost
    -----------------
    Amersfoort
    Maastricht
    Dordrecht
    Leiden
    Haarlemmermeer

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