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mysql_get_host_info

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)

Get MySQL host info

Note mysqli_get_host_infoPDO::getAttribute with attribute as PDO::ATTR_CONNECTION_STATUS

Description

mysql_get_host_info(resource $link_identifier = NULL): string|false

Describes the type of connection in use for the connection, including the server host name.

Parameters

Return Values

Returns a string describing the type of MySQL connection in use for the connectionFalseforfailure.

Examples

mysql_get_host_info() example

php
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
printf("MySQL host info: %s\n", mysql_get_host_info());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output
MySQL host info: Localhost via UNIX socket

See Also

Source: reference/mysql/functions/mysql-get-host-info.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)