PHP | mysqli_begin_transaction() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_begin_transaction() Function.

The built-in PHP mysqli_begin_transaction() function is used to start a new transaction.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

mysqli_begin_transaction($con, [$flags, $name]);

READ: PHP | mysqli_affected_rows() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	con(Mandatory) This is an object representing a connection to MySQL Server.
2	flags(Optional) A constant which can be on of the following : MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_WRITE MYSQLI_TRANS_START_WITH_CONSISTENT_SNAPSHOT
3	name(Optional) This is string value representing the name of the save point of the transaction.

Return Value

This functions returns TRUE if the operation is successful and, FALSE if not.

PHP Version

This built-in function was first introduced in PHP version 5 and it works in all of the later versions.

Example1

Following example demonstrates the usage of the mysqli_begin_transaction() function (in procedural style) -

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

   //Beginning the transaction
   mysqli_begin_transaction($con, MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY);
   print("Transaction Started......\n");

   //Creating a table
   mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE Test(Name VARCHAR(255), AGE INT)");
   print("Table Created......\n");

   //Inserting values
   mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO Test values('Paul', 25),('Peter', 30),('Kennedy', 27)");
   print("Records Inserted......\n");

   //Committing the transaction
   mysqli_commit($con);
   print("Transaction Saved......\n");

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

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Transaction Started......
Table Created......
Records Inserted......
Transaction Saved......

Example2

In object oriented style, the syntax for this PHP function is $con->begin_transaction(). Following is an example of this function in an object oriented style $minus;

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

//Beginning the transaction
$con->begin_transaction($con, MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY);
print("Transaction Started......\n");

//Creating a table
$con->query("CREATE TABLE Test(Name VARCHAR(255), AGE INT)");
print("Table Created......\n");

//Inserting values
$con->query("insert into Test values('Paul', 25),('Peter', 30),('Kennedy', 27)");
print("Records Inserted......\n");

//Committing the transaction
$con->commit();
print("Transaction Saved......\n");

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

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Transaction Started......
Table Created......
Records Inserted......
Transaction Saved......

READ: PHP | mysqli_autocommit() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_change_user() Function.

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