mysqli::autocommit

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Turns on or off auto-committing database modifications

bool mysqli::autocommit ( bool $mode )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

bool mysqli_autocommit ( mysqli $link , bool $mode )

Turns on or off auto-commit mode on queries for the database connection.

To determine the current state of autocommit use the SQL command SELECT @@autocommit.

Parameters:

link

Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

mode

Whether to turn on auto-commit or not.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Notes:

This function doesn't work with non transactional table types (like MyISAM or ISAM).

Examples:

mysqli::autocommit() example

Object oriented style

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}
 
/* turn autocommit on */
$mysqli->autocommit(TRUE);
 
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT @@autocommit")) {
    $row = $result->fetch_row();
    printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
    $result->free();
}
 
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
if (!$link) {
    printf("Can't connect to localhost. Error: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}
 
/* turn autocommit on */
mysqli_autocommit($link, TRUE);
 
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT @@autocommit")) {
    $row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
    printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}
 
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

Autocommit is 1