mysqli::$host_info

mysqli_get_host_info

Returns a string representing the type of connection used

Description

Object oriented style

string$mysqli->host_info;

Procedural style

string mysqli_get_host_info ( mysqli $link )

Returns a string describing the connection represented by the link parameter (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 $mysqli->host_info example

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();
?>

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 examples will output:

Host info: Localhost via UNIX socket

See Also

  • mysqli_get_proto_info