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mysql_error (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5) mysql_error -- Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation Descriptionstring mysql_error ( [resource link_identifier] )
Returns the error text from the last MySQL function.
Errors coming back from the MySQL database backend no longer
issue warnings. Instead, use mysql_error() to
retrieve the error text. Note that this function only returns the
error text from the most recently executed MySQL function (not
including mysql_error() and
mysql_errno()), so if you want to use it, make
sure you check the value before calling another MySQL function.
Parameters
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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() was called
with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an
E_WARNING level warning is generated.
Return Values
Returns the error text from the last MySQL function, or
'' (empty string) if no error occurred.
Examples
Example 1. mysql_error() example |
<?php
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
mysql_select_db("nonexistentdb", $link);
echo mysql_errno($link) . ": " . mysql_error($link). "\n";
mysql_select_db("kossu", $link);
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable", $link);
echo mysql_errno($link) . ": " . mysql_error($link) . "\n";
?>
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The above example will output
something similar to: 1049: Unknown database 'nonexistentdb'
1146: Table 'kossu.nonexistenttable' doesn't exist |
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User Contributed Notes
mysql_error
05-Jan-2005 02:53
My suggested implementation of mysql_error():
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("<b>A fatal MySQL error occured</b>.\n<br />Query: " . $query . "<br />\nError: (" . mysql_errno() . ") " . mysql_error());
This will print out something like...
<b>A fatal MySQL error occured</b>.
Query: SELECT * FROM table
Error: (err_no) Bla bla bla, you did everything wrong
It's very useful to see your query in order to detect problems with syntax. Most often, the output message from MySQL doesn't let you see enough of the query in the error message to let you see where your query went bad- it a missing quote, comma, or ( or ) could have occured well before the error was detected. I do -not- recomend using this procedure, however, for queries which execute on your site that are not user-specific as it has the potential to leak sensative data. Recomended use is just for debugging/building a script, and for general user-specific queries which would at the worst, leak the users own information to themself.
Good luck,
-Scott
aleczapka _at) gmx dot net
16-Jul-2004 12:05
If you want to display errors like "Access denied...", when mysql_error() returns "" and mysql_errno() returns 0, use $php_errormsg. This Warning will be stored there. You need to have track_errors set to true in your php.ini.
Note. There is a bug in either documentation about error_reporting() or in mysql_error() function cause manual for mysql_error(), says: "Errors coming back from the MySQL database backend no longer issue warnings." Which is not true.
olaf at amen-online dot de
22-Jun-2004 01:08
When dealing with user input, make sure that you use
<?php
echo htmlspecialchars (mysql_error ());
?>
instead of
<?php
echo mysql_error ();
?>
Otherwise it might be possible to crack into your system by submitting data that causes the SQL query to fail and that also contains javascript commands.
Would it make sense to change the examples in the documentation for mysql_query () and for mysql_error () accordingly?
miko_il AT yahoo DOT com
11-Dec-2003 01:25
josh ><>
13-Oct-2003 06:26
Oops, the code in my previous post only works for queries that don't return data (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, etc.), this updated function should work for all types of queries (using $result = myquery($query);):
function myquery ($query) {
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (mysql_errno())
echo "MySQL error ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."\n<br>When executing:<br>\n$query\n<br>";
return $result;
}
scott at rocketpack dot net
25-Jul-2003 04:44
My suggested implementation of mysql_error():
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("<b>A fatal MySQL error occured</b>.\n<br />Query: " . $query . "<br />\nError: (" . mysql_errno() . ") " . mysql_error());
This will print out something like...
<b>A fatal MySQL error occured</b>.
Query: SELECT * FROM table
Error: (err_no) Bla bla bla, you did everything wrong
It's very useful to see your query in order to detect problems with syntax. Most often, the output message from MySQL doesn't let you see enough of the query in the error message to let you see where your query went bad- it a missing quote, comma, or ( or ) could have occured well before the error was detected. I do -not- recomend using this procedure, however, for queries which execute on your site that are not user-specific as it has the potential to leak sensative data. Recomended use is just for debugging/building a script, and for general user-specific queries which would at the worst, leak the users own information to themself.
Good luck,
-Scott
10-May-2001 09:03
some error can't handle. Example:
ERROR 1044: Access denied for user: 'ituser@mail.ramon.intranet' to database 'itcom'
This error ocurrs when a intent of a sql insert of no authorized user. The results: mysql_errno = 0 and the mysql_error = "" .
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