mysql_db_query

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

mysql_db_querySelects a database and executes a query on it

Warning

This function was deprecated in PHP 5.3.0, and it and the entire original MySQL extension was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, use either the actively developed MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extensions. See also the MySQL: choosing an API guide. Alternatives to this function include:

Description

mysql_db_query(string $database, string $query, resource $link_identifier = NULL): resource|bool

mysql_db_query() selects a database, and executes a query on it.

Parameters

database

The name of the database that will be selected.

query

The MySQL query.

Data inside the query should be properly escaped.

link_identifier

The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() had been called with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an E_WARNING level error is generated.

Return Values

Returns a positive MySQL result resource to the query result, or false on error. The function also returns true/false for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE queries to indicate success/failure.

Examples

Example #1 mysql_db_query() alternative example

<?php

if (!$link mysql_connect('mysql_host''mysql_user''mysql_password')) {
    echo 
'Could not connect to mysql';
    exit;
}

if (!
mysql_select_db('mysql_dbname'$link)) {
    echo 
'Could not select database';
    exit;
}

$sql    'SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE id = 42';
$result mysql_query($sql$link);

if (!
$result) {
    echo 
"DB Error, could not query the database\n";
    echo 
'MySQL Error: ' mysql_error();
    exit;
}

while (
$row mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    echo 
$row['foo'];
}

mysql_free_result($result);

?>

Notes

Note:

Be aware that this function does NOT switch back to the database you were connected before. In other words, you can't use this function to temporarily run a sql query on another database, you would have to manually switch back. Users are strongly encouraged to use the database.table syntax in their sql queries or mysql_select_db() instead of this function.

See Also

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