# MySQL Functions

## Notes

> Note:

> Most MySQL functions accept `link_identifier` as the last optional parameter. If it is not provided, last opened connection is used. If it doesn't exist, connection is tried to establish with default parameters defined in php.ini. If it is not successful, functions return `FALSE`.

## Table of Contents

- mysql_affected_rows — Get number of affected rows in previous MySQL operation
- mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set
- mysql_close — Close MySQL connection
- mysql_connect — Open a connection to a MySQL Server
- mysql_create_db — Create a MySQL database
- mysql_data_seek — Move internal result pointer
- mysql_db_name — Retrieves database name from the call to mysql_list_dbs
- mysql_db_query — Selects a database and executes a query on it
- mysql_drop_db — Drop (delete) a MySQL database
- mysql_errno — Returns the numerical value of the error message from previous MySQL operation
- mysql_error — Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation
- mysql_escape_string — Escapes a string for use in a mysql_query
- mysql_fetch_array — Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both
- mysql_fetch_assoc — Fetch a result row as an associative array
- mysql_fetch_field — Get column information from a result and return as an object
- mysql_fetch_lengths — Get the length of each output in a result
- mysql_fetch_object — Fetch a result row as an object
- mysql_fetch_row — Get a result row as an enumerated array
- mysql_field_flags — Get the flags associated with the specified field in a result
- mysql_field_len — Returns the length of the specified field
- mysql_field_name — Get the name of the specified field in a result
- mysql_field_seek — Set result pointer to a specified field offset
- mysql_field_table — Get name of the table the specified field is in
- mysql_field_type — Get the type of the specified field in a result
- mysql_free_result — Free result memory
- mysql_get_client_info — Get MySQL client info
- mysql_get_host_info — Get MySQL host info
- mysql_get_proto_info — Get MySQL protocol info
- mysql_get_server_info — Get MySQL server info
- mysql_info — Get information about the most recent query
- mysql_insert_id — Get the ID generated in the last query
- mysql_list_dbs — List databases available on a MySQL server
- mysql_list_fields — List MySQL table fields
- mysql_list_processes — List MySQL processes
- mysql_list_tables — List tables in a MySQL database
- mysql_num_fields — Get number of fields in result
- mysql_num_rows — Get number of rows in result
- mysql_pconnect — Open a persistent connection to a MySQL server
- mysql_ping — Ping a server connection or reconnect if there is no connection
- mysql_query — Send a MySQL query
- mysql_real_escape_string — Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement
- mysql_result — Get result data
- mysql_select_db — Select a MySQL database
- mysql_set_charset — Sets the client character set
- mysql_stat — Get current system status
- mysql_tablename — Get table name of field
- mysql_thread_id — Return the current thread ID
- mysql_unbuffered_query — Send an SQL query to MySQL without fetching and buffering the result rows