mysqli::begin_transaction

mysqli_begin_transaction

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mysqli::begin_transaction -- mysqli_begin_transactionStarts a transaction

Description

Object-oriented style

public mysqli::begin_transaction(int $flags = 0, ?string $name = null): bool

Procedural style:

mysqli_begin_transaction(mysqli $mysql, int $flags = 0, ?string $name = null): bool

Begins a transaction. Requires the InnoDB engine (it is enabled by default). For additional details about how MySQL transactions work, see » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/commit.html.

Parameters

mysql

Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

flags

Valid flags are:

  • MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION READ ONLY". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above.

  • MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_WRITE: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION READ WRITE". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above.

  • MYSQLI_TRANS_START_WITH_CONSISTENT_SNAPSHOT: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT".

name

Savepoint name for the transaction.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 name is now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 mysqli::begin_transaction() example

Object-oriented style

<?php

/* Tell mysqli to throw an exception if an error occurs */
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);

$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost""my_user""my_password""world");

/* The table engine has to support transactions */
$mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS language (
    Code text NOT NULL,
    Speakers int(11) NOT NULL
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;"
);

/* Start transaction */
$mysqli->begin_transaction();

try {
    
/* Insert some values */
    
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES ('DE', 42000123)");

    
/* Try to insert invalid values */
    
$language_code 'FR';
    
$native_speakers 'Unknown';
    
$stmt $mysqli->prepare('INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
    
$stmt->bind_param('ss'$language_code$native_speakers);
    
$stmt->execute();

    
/* If code reaches this point without errors then commit the data in the database */
    
$mysqli->commit();
} catch (
mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
    
$mysqli->rollback();

    throw 
$exception;
}

Procedural style

<?php

/* Tell mysqli to throw an exception if an error occurs */
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);

$mysqli mysqli_connect("localhost""my_user""my_password""world");

/* The table engine has to support transactions */
mysqli_query($mysqli"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS language (
    Code text NOT NULL,
    Speakers int(11) NOT NULL
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;"
);

/* Start transaction */
mysqli_begin_transaction($mysqli);

try {
    
/* Insert some values */
    
mysqli_query($mysqli"INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES ('DE', 42000123)");

    
/* Try to insert invalid values */
    
$language_code 'FR';
    
$native_speakers 'Unknown';
    
$stmt mysqli_prepare($mysqli'INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
    
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt'ss'$language_code$native_speakers);
    
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

    
/* If code reaches this point without errors then commit the data in the database */
    
mysqli_commit($mysqli);
} catch (
mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
    
mysqli_rollback($mysqli);

    throw 
$exception;
}

Notes

Note:

This function does not work with non transactional table types (like MyISAM or ISAM).

See Also

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