mysqli::select_db

mysqli_select_db

(PHP 5)

mysqli::select_db -- mysqli_select_db — Selects the default database for database queries

Description

Object oriented style (method):

bool mysqli::select_db ( string $dbname )

Procedural style:

bool mysqli_select_db ( mysqli $link , string $dbname )

Selects the default database to be used when performing queries against the database connection.

Note: This function should only be used to change the default database for the connection. You can select the default database with 4th parameter in mysqli_connect().

Parameters

link: Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
dbname: The database name.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style


<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* return name of current default database */
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT DATABASE()")) {
    $row = $result->fetch_row();
    printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
    $result->close();
}

/* change db to world db */
$mysqli->select_db("world");

/* return name of current default database */
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT DATABASE()")) {
    $row = $result->fetch_row();
    printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
    $result->close();
}

$mysqli->close();
?>

Example #2 Procedural style


<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* return name of current default database */
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT DATABASE()")) {
    $row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
    printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}

/* change db to world db */
mysqli_select_db($link, "world");

/* return name of current default database */
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT DATABASE()")) {
    $row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
    printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}

mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above example will output:

Default database is test.
Default database is world.