php-doc-en/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-free-result.xml
Richard Quadling 404b75e0f6 Fix typo (bug 44781)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.mysql-free-result" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>mysql_free_result</refname>
<refpurpose>Free result memory</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>mysql_free_result</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>mysql_free_result</function> will free all memory
associated with the result identifier <parameter>result</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<function>mysql_free_result</function> only needs to be called if
you are concerned about how much memory is being used for queries
that return large result sets. All associated result memory is
automatically freed at the end of the script's execution.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
&mysql.result.description;
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
<para>
If a non-resource is used for the <parameter>result</parameter>, an
error of level E_WARNING will be emitted. It's worth noting that
<function>mysql_query</function> only returns a <type>resource</type>
for SELECT, SHOW, EXPLAIN, and DESCRIBE queries.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>mysql_free_result</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");
if (!$result) {
echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
exit;
}
/* Use the result, assuming we're done with it afterwards */
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
/* Now we free up the result and continue on with our script */
mysql_free_result($result);
echo $row['id'];
echo $row['email'];
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
&info.deprecated.alias;
<function>mysql_freeresult</function>
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>mysql_query</function></member>
<member><function>is_resource</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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