Gets a result set from a prepared statement

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# mysqli_stmt::get_result

# mysqli_stmt_get_result

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)

mysqli_stmt::get_result -- mysqli_stmt_get_result — Gets a result set from a prepared statement

### Description

Object oriented style

mysqli_result mysqli_stmt::get_result ( void )

Procedural style

mysqli_result mysqli_stmt_get_result ( mysqli_stmt `$stmt` )

Call to return a result set from a prepared statement query.

### Parameters

`stmt`

  Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

### Return Values

Returns a resultset or `FALSE` on failure.

### MySQL Native Driver Only

Available only with mysqlnd.

### Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style

`<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "user", "password", "world");
if($mysqli->connect_error)
{
die("$mysqli->connect_errno: $mysqli->connect_error");
}
$query = "SELECT Name, Population, Continent FROM Country WHERE Continent=? ORDER BY Name LIMIT 1";
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
if(!$stmt->prepare($query))
{
print "Failed to prepare statement\n";
}
else
{
$stmt->bind_param("s", $continent);
$continent_array = array('Europe','Africa','Asia','North America');
foreach($continent_array as $continent)
{
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result();
while ($row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM))
{
foreach ($row as $r)
{
print "$r ";
}
print "\n";
}
}
}
$stmt->close();
$mysqli->close();
?>`

Example #2 Procedural style

`<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "user", "password", "world");
if (!$link)
{
$error = mysqli_connect_error();
$errno = mysqli_connect_errno();
print "$errno: $error\n";
exit();
}
$query = "SELECT Name, Population, Continent FROM Country WHERE Continent=? ORDER BY Name LIMIT 1";
$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($link);
if(!mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $query))
{
print "Failed to prepare statement\n";
}
else
{
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "s", $continent);
$continent_array = array('Europe','Africa','Asia','North America');
foreach($continent_array as $continent)
{
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
$result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_NUM))
{
foreach ($row as $r)
{
print "$r ";
}
print "\n";
}
}
}
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
mysqli_close($link);
?>`

The above examples will output:

    Albania 3401200 Europe
    Algeria 31471000 Africa
    Afghanistan 22720000 Asia
    Anguilla 8000 North America

### See Also

- mysqli_prepare() - Prepare an SQL statement for execution
- mysqli_stmt_result_metadata() - Returns result set metadata from a prepared statement
- mysqli_stmt_fetch() - Fetch results from a prepared statement into the bound variables
- mysqli_fetch_array() - Fetch a result row as an associative, a numeric array, or both
- mysqli_stmt_store_result() - Transfers a result set from a prepared statement

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