mysql_query Send a MySQL query &reftitle.description; resourcemysql_query stringquery resourcelink_identifier mysql_query sends a query (to the currently active database on the server that's associated with the specified link_identifier). &reftitle.parameters; query A SQL query The query string should not end with a semicolon. link_identifier A link identifier, as returned by mysql_connect. If link_identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is assumed. If no link is open, the function tries to establish a link as if mysql_connect was called with no arguments, and use it. The result of the query is buffered. &reftitle.returnvalues; For SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE or EXPLAIN statements, mysql_query returns a resource on success, and &false; on error. For other type of SQL statements, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, etc, mysql_query returns &true; on success and &false; on error. The returned result resource should be passed to mysql_fetch_array, and other functions for dealing with result tables, to access the returned data. Use mysql_num_rows to find out how many rows were returned for a SELECT statement or mysql_affected_rows to find out how many rows were affected by a DELETE, INSERT, REPLACE, or UPDATE statement. mysql_query will also fail and return &false; if the user does not have permission to access the table(s) referenced by the query. &reftitle.examples; The following query is syntactically invalid, so mysql_query fails and returns &false;. ]]> The following query is valid, so mysql_query returns a resource. ]]> &reftitle.seealso; See also mysql_unbuffered_query, mysql_fetch_assoc, mysql_error, mysql_result and mysql_connect.