PHP | mysqli_use_result() 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_use_result() Function.

The mysqli_use_result() function starts the retrieval of the resultset from the previously executed query.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

mysqli_use_result($con)

READ: PHP | mysqli_thread_safe() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	con(Mandatory) This is an object representing a connection to MySQL Server.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns a result object on success and false in case of an error.

PHP Version

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

Example1

The following below is an example which demonstrates the usage of the built-in PHP mysqli_use_result() function (in a procedural style) -

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

   //Executing the multi query
   $query = "SELECT * FROM players;SELECT * FROM emp;SELECT * FROM tutorials";
   $res = mysqli_multi_query($con, $query);

   $count = 0;

   if ($res) {
      do {
         $count = $count+1;
	      mysqli_use_result($con);
     } while (mysqli_next_result($con));
   }
   print("Number of result sets: ".$count);
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

Output

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

Number of result sets: 3

Example2

In an object oriented style the syntax of this function is $con->use_result(); The following is the example of this function in an object oriented style -

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

   //Multi query
   $res = $con->multi_query("SELECT * FROM players;SELECT * FROM emp;SELECT * FROM tutorials");

   $count = 0;
   if ($res) {
      do {
         $count = $count+1;
         $con-> use_result();
   } while ($con->next_result());
}
print("Number of result sets: ".$count);

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

Output

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

Number of result sets: 3

Example3

The following below example retrieves the records of all the resultsets of the multi-query -

//Creating a connection
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "test");

//Executing the multi query
$query = "SELECT * FROM players;SELECT * FROM emp";

$res = mysqli_multi_query($con, $query);

if ($res) {
   do {
      if ($result = mysqli_use_result($con)) {
         while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) {
            print("Name: ".$row[0]."\n");
            print("Age: ".$row[1]."\n");
         }
         mysqli_free_result($result);
      }
      if (mysqli_more_results($con)) {
         print("\n");
      }
   } while (mysqli_use_result($con));
}
mysqli_close($con);

Output

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

Name: Prince
Age: 28
Name: Bethel
Age: 27
Name: Stephanie
Age: 24

Name: Kennedy
Age: 27
Name: Paul
Age: 30
Name: Justice
Age: 28

READ: PHP | mysqli_stmt_init() Function

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

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