difference between mysqli_query and mysqli_real_query

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itsazzad picture itsazzad · Nov 20, 2012 · Viewed 14.1k times · Source

What is the difference between mysqli::query and mysqli::real_query?

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What is the difference between mysqli_query and mysqli_real_query?

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Thomas picture Thomas · Nov 20, 2012

mysqli::query will return a result if there is any.

mysql::real_query will return true on success or false if not

You could have seen this in the php doc:

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