mysqli_select_db
mysqli->select_db()
Selects the default database for database queries
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Procedural style:
boolmysqli_select_db
mysqlilink
stringdbname
Object oriented style (method):
mysqli
boolselect_db
stringdbname
Selects the default database to be used when performing queries against
the database connection.
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.
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&mysqli.link.description;
dbname
The database name.
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Object oriented style
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();
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mysqli_connect
mysqli_real_connect