PHP mysqli_stmt_get_result() Function

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_stmt_get_result() function accepts a statement object as a parameter, retrieves the result set from the given statement (if there are any) and returns it.

You cannot close persistent connections using this function.

Syntax

mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);

Parameters

Return Values

The PHP mysqli_stmt_get_result() function returns a resultset if the statement executed is SELECT and if it is successful. In other scenarios this function returns FALSE.

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_stmt_get_result() function (in procedural style) −

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

   mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE myplayers(ID INT, First_Name VARCHAR(255), Last_Name VARCHAR(255), Place_Of_Birth VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");
   print("Table Created.....\n");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(1, 'Sikhar', 'Dhawan', 'Delhi', 'India')");
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO myplayers values(2, 'Jonathan', 'Trott', 'CapeTown', 'SouthAfrica')");
   print("Record Inserted.....\n");

   //Retrieving the contents of the table
   $stmt = mysqli_prepare($con, "SELECT * FROM myplayers");

   //Executing the statement
   mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

   //Getting the result
   $res = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);

   while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQLI_NUM)){
      foreach($row as $r){
         print("$r ");
      }
      print("\n");
   }		
		
   //Closing the statement
   mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);

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

This will produce following result −

Table Created.....
Record Inserted.....
1 Sikhar Dhawan Delhi India
2 Jonathan Trott CapeTown SouthAfrica

Example

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

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

   $con -> query("CREATE TABLE Test(Name VARCHAR(255), AGE INT)");
   $con -> query("insert into Test values('Raju', 25),('Rahman', 30),('Sarmista', 27)");
   print("Table Created.....\n");

   $stmt = $con -> prepare( "SELECT * FROM Test WHERE Name in(?, ?)");
   $stmt -> bind_param("ss", $name1, $name2);
   $name1 = 'Raju';
   $name2 = 'Rahman';
   print("Records Inserted.....\n");

   //Executing the statement
   $stmt->execute();

   //Getting the result
   $res = $stmt->get_result();

   print_r($res);

   //Closing the statement
   $stmt->close();

   //Closing the connection
   $con->close();
?>

This will produce following result −

Table Created.....
Records Inserted.....
mysqli_result Object
(
    [current_field] => 0
    [field_count] => 2
    [lengths] =>
    [num_rows] => 6
    [type] => 0
)