PHP mysqli_multi_query() Function

Example

Perform multiple queries against the database:

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

$sql = "SELECT Lastname FROM Persons ORDER BY LastName;";
$sql .= "SELECT Country FROM Customers";

// Execute multi query
if (mysqli_multi_query($con,$sql))
{
  do
    {
    // Store first result set
    if ($result=mysqli_store_result($con)) {
      // Fetch one and one row
      while ($row=mysqli_fetch_row($result))
        {
        printf("%s\n",$row[0]);
        }
      // Free result set
      mysqli_free_result($result);
      }
    }
  while (mysqli_next_result($con));
}

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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Definition and Usage

The mysqli_multi_query() function performs one or more queries against the database. The queries are separated with a semicolon.

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Syntax

mysqli_multi_query(connection,query);

Parameter	Description
connection	Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use
query	Required. Specifies one or more queries, seperated with semicolon

Technical Details

Return Value:	FALSE if the first query fails
PHP Version:	5+