PHP mysqli_real_query() Function

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_real_query() function accepts a string value representing a query as one of the parameters and, executes/performs the given query on the database. The data passed in the query should be properly escaped.

Syntax

mysqli_real_query($con, $query)

Parameters

Return Values

This query returns a boolean value which is true incase of success and false incase of failure.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works works in all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the mysqli_real_query() function (in procedural style) −

<?php
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");

   mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS my_team(ID INT, First_Name VARCHAR(255), Last_Name VARCHAR(255), Place_Of_Birth VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");
   print("Table Created ..."."\n");

   //Inserting a records into the my_team table
   mysqli_real_query($con, "insert into my_team values(1, 'Shikhar', 'Dhawan', 'Delhi', 'India')");
   mysqli_real_query($con, "insert into my_team values(2, 'Jonathan', 'Trott', 'CapeTown', 'SouthAfrica')");
   mysqli_real_query($con, "insert into my_team values(3, 'Kumara', 'Sangakkara', 'Matale', 'Srilanka')");
   mysqli_real_query($con, "insert into my_team values(4, 'Virat', 'Kohli', 'Delhi', 'India')");

   print("Records Inserted ..."."\n");

   //Closing the connection
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

Table Created ...
Records Inserted ..

Example

In object oriented style the syntax of this function is $con->real_query(); Following is the example of this function in object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");

   //Inserting a records into the players table
   $con->query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS players(First_Name VARCHAR(255), Last_Name VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");
   $con->real_query("insert into players values('Shikhar', 'Dhawan', 'India')");
   $con->real_query("insert into players values('Jonathan', 'Trott', 'SouthAfrica')");

   print("Data Created......");
   //Closing the connection
   $res = $con -> close();
?>

This will produce following result −

Data Created......