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(PHP 5)

mysqli_real_connect

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

mysqli->real_connect -- Opens a connection to a mysql server

Description

Procedural style

bool mysqli_real_connect ( mysqli link [, string hostname [, string username [, string passwd [, string dbname [, int port [, string socket [, int flags]]]]]]] )

Object oriented style (method)

class mysqli { bool real_connect ( [string hostname [, string username [, string passwd [, string dbname [, int port [, string socket [, int flags]]]]]]] ) }

mysqli_real_connect() attempts to establish a connection to a MySQL database engine running on hostname .

This function differs from mysqli_connect() :

mysqli_real_connect() needs a valid object which has to be created by function mysqli_init()

With function mysqli_options() you can set various options for connection.

With the parameter flags you can set different connection options:

Table 1. Supported flags

Name Description MYSQLI_CLIENT_COMPRESS Use compression protocol MYSQLI_CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS return number of matched rows, not the number of affected rows MYSQLI_CLIENT_IGNORE_SPACE Allow spaces after function names. Makes all function names reserved words. MYSQLI_CLIENT_INTERACTIVE Allow interactive_timeout seconds (instead of wait_timeout seconds) of inactivity before closing the connection MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL Use SSL (encryption)

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Related Function(s)

mysqli_connect()

mysqli_init()

mysqli_options()

mysqli_multi_query()

mysqli_ssl_set()

mysqli_close()