mysql_error

Note

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Returns a human-readable string for the error encountered in this result

public function mysql_error(): string;

Returns

• string - The error string.

Examples

When an error occurs when establishing a connection or on a query, and you catch the exception that is thrown, you will get an AsyncMysqlErrorResult. And one of the methods on an AsyncMysqlErrorResult is mysql_error(), which gives you the MySQL error string. In this case, the error string is letting us know that the bogus table does not exist.

use \Hack\UserDocumentation\API\Examples\AsyncMysql\ConnectionInfo as CI;

async function connect(
  \AsyncMysqlConnectionPool $pool,
): Awaitable<\AsyncMysqlConnection> {
  return await $pool->connect(
    CI::$host,
    CI::$port,
    CI::$db,
    CI::$user,
    CI::$passwd,
  );
}
async function simple_query_error(): Awaitable<int> {
  $pool = new \AsyncMysqlConnectionPool(darray[]);
  $conn = await connect($pool);
  try {
    $result = await $conn->query('SELECT bogus FROM bogus WHERE bogus = 1');
  } catch (\AsyncMysqlQueryException $ex) {
    $qr = $ex->getResult();
    // Actually `AsyncMysqlQueryErrorResult`
    \var_dump($qr is \AsyncMysqlErrorResult);
    // Error should be "Table doesn't exist...""
    \var_dump($qr->mysql_error());
    $conn->close();
    return 0;
  }
  $conn->close();
  return $result->numRows();
}

<<__EntryPoint>>
async function run(): Awaitable<void> {
  $r = await simple_query_error();
  \var_dump($r);
}
```.hhvm.expectf
bool(true)
string(34) "Table 'testdb.bogus' doesn't exist"
int(%d)
```.example.hhvm.out
bool(true)
string(34) "Table 'testdb.bogus' doesn't exist"
int(0)
```.skipif
await \Hack\UserDocumentation\API\Examples\AsyncMysql\skipif_async();