mysql_error()

mysql_error - Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation

Syntax

string mysql_error (resource $link_identifier)

Arguments

• 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 no connection is found or established, an E_WARNING level error is generated.

Description

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.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns the error text from the last MySQL function, or ''(empty string) if no error occurred.