mysql_free_result
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5)
Free result memory
Note mysqli_free_resultAssign the value of null to the PDO object, or PDOStatement::closeCursor
Description
mysql_free_result(resource $result): bool
mysql_free_result() will free all memory associated with the result identifier result.
mysql_free_result() only needs to be called if you are concerned about how much memory is being used for queries that return large result sets. All associated result memory is automatically freed at the end of the script's execution.
Parameters
Return Values
Success
If a non-resource is used for the result, an error of level E_WARNING will be emitted. It's worth noting that mysql_query() only returns a resource for SELECT, SHOW, EXPLAIN, and DESCRIBE queries.
Examples
A mysql_free_result() example
php
<?php
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");
if (!$result) {
echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
exit;
}
/* Use the result, assuming we're done with it afterwards */
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
/* Now we free up the result and continue on with our script */
mysql_free_result($result);
echo $row['id'];
echo $row['email'];
?>Notes
Note
Alias mysql_freeresult()