PHP mysqli_execute() Function

The PHP mysqli_execute() function executes a prepared statement. The statement must be successfully prepared prior to execution, using either the mysqli_prepare() or mysqli_stmt_prepare() function, or by passing the second argument to mysqli_stmt::__construct().

If the statement is UPDATE, DELETE, or INSERT, the total number of affected rows can be determined by using the mysqli_stmt_affected_rows() function. If the query yields a result set, it can be fetched using mysqli_stmt_get_result() function or by fetching it row by row directly from the statement using mysqli_stmt_fetch() function.

This function is an alias of mysqli_stmt_execute() function.

Note: mysqli_execute() is deprecated and will be removed.

Syntax

mysqli_execute(statement, params)

Parameters

`statement`	`Required.` For procedural style only: Specify a mysqli_stmt object returned by mysqli_stmt_init().
`params`	`Optional.` Specify a list array with as many elements as there are bound parameters in the SQL statement being executed. Each value is treated as a string.

Return Value

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Example: mysqli_execute() example

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_execute() function.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: ". mysqli_connect_error();
  exit();
}

//creating a prepared statement
$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($mysqli);
$query = "SELECT EmpID, Name, Age FROM Employee ORDER BY Age";
mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $query);

//executing the SQL statement
mysqli_execute($stmt);

//binding variables to prepared statement
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $col1, $col2, $col3);

//fetching values
while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {
  printf("%s, %d\n", $col2, $col3);
}

//closing the connection
mysqli_close($mysqli);
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Marry, 23, 
Kim, 26
John, 27
Adam, 28

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