PHP Functions Essential Reference

mysql_error

string mysql_error([mysql link connection]) 

Gets the error message from the last MySQL operation.

Returns:

String on success; FALSE on error

Description:

mysql_error() returns the MySQL error message from the last MySQL function call that invoked a MySQL client routine. If no error occurred, an empty string ("") is returned.

Version:

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

See also:

To get the numeric error code from the last MySQL query:

mysql_errno() 

Example:

Determine whether a query succeeded and display an error message if it didn’t

<?php // Included code that connects to a MySQL server and sets a default database // See the MySQL Functions chapter introduction for the source code for the file include ('mysql_connect.inc.php'); // Go insane and ...