# mysqli_info

# mysqli->info

(PHP 5)

mysqli->info — Retrieves information about the most recently executed query

### Description

Procedural style:

string mysqli_info ( mysqli `$link` )

Object oriented style (property)

mysqli
string$info;

The mysqli_info() function returns a string providing information about the last query executed. The nature of this string is provided below:

Possible mysqli_info return values
Query type | Example result string
--- | ---
INSERT INTO...SELECT... | Records: 100 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
INSERT INTO...VALUES (...),(...),(...) | Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
LOAD DATA INFILE ... | Records: 1 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0
ALTER TABLE ... | Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
UPDATE ... | Rows matched: 40 Changed: 40 Warnings: 0

> Note: Queries which do not fall into one of the above formats are not supported. In these situations, mysqli_info() will return an empty string.

### Parameters

`link`

  Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

### Return Values

A character string representing additional information about the most recently executed query.

### Examples

Example#1 Object oriented style

`<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$mysqli->query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 LIKE City");
/* INSERT INTO .. SELECT */
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 150");
printf("%s\n", $mysqli->info);
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>`

Example#2 Procedural style

`<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1 LIKE City");
/* INSERT INTO .. SELECT */
mysqli_query($link, "INSERT INTO t1 SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 150");
printf("%s\n", mysqli_info($link));
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Records: 150  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

### See Also

- mysqli_affected_rows()
- mysqli_warning_count()
- mysqli_num_rows()