# mysqli_stmt_send_long_data

# stmt->send_long_data()

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stmt->send_long_data() — Send data in blocks

### Description

Procedural style:

bool mysqli_stmt_send_long_data ( mysqli_stmt `$stmt` , int `$param_nr` , string `$data` )

Object oriented style (method)

mysqli_stmt
bool send_long_data ( int `$param_nr` , string `$data` )

Allows to send parameter data to the server in pieces (or chunks), e.g. if the size of a blob exceeds the size of max_allowed_packet. This function can be called multiple times to send the parts of a character or binary data value for a column, which must be one of the TEXT or BLOB datatypes.

### Parameters

`stmt`

  Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

`param_nr`

  Indicates which parameter to associate the data with. Parameters are numbered beginning with 0.

`data`

  A string containing data to be sent.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 Object oriented style

`<?php
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO messages (message) VALUES (?)");
$null = NULL;
$stmt->bind_param("b", $null);
$fp = fopen("messages.txt", "r");
while (!feof($fp)) {
$stmt->send_long_data(0, fread($fp, 8192));
}
fclose($fp);
$stmt->execute();
?>`

### See Also

- mysqli_prepare()
- mysqli_stmt_bind_param()