# maxdb_error

# maxdb::error

(PECL maxdb >= 1.0)

maxdb_error -- maxdb::error — Returns a string description of the last error

### Description

Procedural style

maxdb_error ( resource `$link` ) : string

Object oriented style

string $maxdb->error;

The maxdb_error() function is identical to the corresponding maxdb_errno() function in every way, except instead of returning an integer error code the maxdb_error() function will return a string representation of the last error to occur for the database connection represented by the `link` parameter. If no error has occurred, this function will return an empty string.

### Return Values

A string that describes the error. An empty string if no error occurred.

### Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style

`<?php
$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
exit();
}
if (!$maxdb->query("SELECT xxx FROM hotel.city")) {
printf("Errormessage: %s\n", $maxdb->error);
}
/* close connection */
$maxdb->close();
?>`

Example #2 Procedural style

`<?php
$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
exit();
}
if (!maxdb_query($link, "SELECT xxx FROM hotel.city")) {
printf("Errormessgae: %s\n", maxdb_error($link));
}
/* close connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    PHP Warning:  maxdb_query(): -4005 POS(8) Unknown column name:XXX [42000]
    Errormessgae: POS(8) Unknown column name:XXX

### See Also

- maxdb_connect_errno() - Returns the error code from last connect call
- maxdb_connect_error() - Returns a string description of the last connect error
- maxdb_errno() - Returns the error code for the most recent function call
- maxdb_sqlstate() - Returns the SQLSTATE error from previous MaxDB operation