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The mysqli_driver class

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The mysqli_driver class is an instance of the monostate pattern, i.e. there is only one driver which can be accessed through an arbitrary amount of mysqli_driver instances.

Intro

The mysqli_driver class is an instance of the monostate pattern, i.e. there is only one driver which can be accessed through an arbitrary amount of mysqli_driver instances.

Class synopsis

final mysqli_driver { }

Properties

client_info: The Client API header version
client_version: The Client version
driver_version: The MySQLi Driver version
Warning
This property has been deprecated as of PHP 8.1.0. Relying on this property is highly discouraged.
embedded: Whether MySQLi Embedded support is enabled
Warning
This property has been removed as of PHP 8.0.0.
reconnect: Allow or prevent reconnect (see the mysqli.reconnect INI directive)
Warning
This property has been removed along with the mysqli.reconnect INI directive as of PHP 8.2.0.
report_mode: Set to MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF, MYSQLI_REPORT_ALL or any combination of MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT (throw Exceptions for errors), MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR (report errors) and MYSQLI_REPORT_INDEX (errors regarding indexes). See also mysqli_report().

Changelog

Version	Description
8.2.0	`mysqli_driver::$reconnect` was removed.
8.1.0	`mysqli_driver::$driver_version` has been deprecated.
8.0.0	`mysqli_driver::$embedded` was removed.
7.4.0	`mysqli_driver::embedded_server_start` and `mysqli_driver:embedded_server_end` were removed.

Mysqli-driver

In this section

mysqli_driver::$report_mode

Sets mysqli error reporting mode

mysqli_driver::embedded_server_end

Stop embedded server

mysqli_driver::embedded_server_start

Initialize and start embedded server

Source: reference/mysqli/mysqli_driver.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)