Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation

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# mysql_error

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

mysql_error — Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation

Warning

This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0, and it was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also MySQL: choosing an API guide. Alternatives to this function include:

- mysqli_error()
- PDO::errorInfo()

### Description

mysql_error(resource `$link_identifier` = NULL): string

Returns the error text from the last MySQL function. Errors coming back from the MySQL database backend no longer issue warnings. Instead, use mysql_error() to retrieve the error text. Note that this function only returns the error text from the most recently executed MySQL function (not including mysql_error() and mysql_errno()), so if you want to use it, make sure you check the value before calling another MySQL function.

### Parameters

`link_identifier`

  The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() had been called with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an `E_WARNING` level error is generated.

### Return Values

Returns the error text from the last MySQL function, or `''` (empty string) if no error occurred.

### Examples

Example #1 mysql_error() example

    <?php$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");mysql_select_db("nonexistentdb", $link);echo mysql_errno($link) . ": " . mysql_error($link). "\n";mysql_select_db("kossu", $link);mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable", $link);echo mysql_errno($link) . ": " . mysql_error($link) . "\n";?>

The above example will output something similar to:

    1049: Unknown database 'nonexistentdb'
    1146: Table 'kossu.nonexistenttable' doesn't exist

### See Also

- mysql_errno() - Returns the numerical value of the error message from previous MySQL operation
- » MySQL error codes