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# mysqli_connect_error

(PHP 5)

mysqli_connect_error -- Returns a string description of the last connect error

## Description

string mysqli_connect_error ( void )

The mysqli_connect_error() function is identical to the corresponding mysqli_connect_errno() function in every way, except instead of returning an integer error code the mysqli_connect_error() function will return a string representation of the last error to occur for the last mysqli_connect() call. If no error has occured, this function will return an empty string.

## Return Values

A string that describes the error. An empty string if no error occurred.

## See Also

mysqli_connect(), mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_errno(), mysqli_error() and mysqli_sqlstate().

## Examples

Example 1. mysqli_connect_error sample

`<?php $link = @mysqli_connect("localhost", "nonexisting_user", ""); if (!$link) { printf("Can't connect to localhost. Error: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); } ?>`

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