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mysqli->host_info

mysqli_get_host_info

(PHP 5)

mysqli->host_info -- mysqli_get_host_infoReturns a string representing the type of connection used

Description

Object oriented style (property):

string $host_info;

Procdural style:

string mysqli_get_host_info ( mysqli $link )

The mysqli_get_host_info() function returns a string describing the connection represented by the link parameter is using (including the server host name).

Parameters

link

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

Return Values

A character string representing the server hostname and the connection type.

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();
}

/* print host information */
printf("Host info: %s\n"$mysqli->host_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();
}

/* print host information */
printf("Host info: %s\n"mysqli_get_host_info($link));

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above example will output:

Host info: Localhost via UNIX socket

See Also


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