mysqli_stmt_send_long_data stmt->send_long_data Send data in blocks Description Procedural style: boolmysqli_stmt_send_long_data mysqli_stmtstmt intparam_nr stringdata Object oriented style (method) mysqli_stmt boolsend_long_data intparam_nr stringdata Allows to send parameter data to the server in pieces (or chunks), e.g. if the size of a blob exceeds the size of max_allowed_packet. This function can be called multiple times to send the parts of a character or binary data value for a column, which must be one of the TEXT or BLOB datatypes. param_nr indicates which parameter to associate the data with. Parameters are numbered beginning with 0. data is a string containing data to be sent. &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.examples; Object oriented style prepare("INSERT INTO messages (message) VALUES (?)"); $null = NULL; $stmt->bind_param("b", $null); $fp = fopen("messages.txt", "r"); while (!feof($fp)) { $stmt->send_long_data(0, fread($fp, 8192)); } fclose($fp); $stmt->execute(); ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso; mysqli_prepare&listendand; mysqli_stmt_bind_param.