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PHP mysqli_free_result() Function

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Example

Fetch rows from a result-set, then free the memory associated with the result:

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

$sql="SELECT Lastname,Age FROM Persons ORDER BY Lastname";

if ($result=mysqli_query($con,$sql))
  {
  // Fetch one and one row
  while ($row=mysqli_fetch_row($result))
    {
    printf ("%s (%s)\n",$row[0],$row[1]);
    }
  // Free result set
  mysqli_free_result($result);
}

mysqli_close($con);
?>

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_free_result() function frees the memory associated with the result.


Syntax

mysqli_free_result(result);

Parameter Description
result Required. Specifies a result set identifier returned by mysqli_query() , mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result()

Technical Details

Return Value: No return value
PHP Version: 5+

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