PHP mysqli $host_info Property

The PHP mysqli::$host_info / mysqli_get_host_info() function returns a string describing the connection represented by the mysql parameter (including the server host name).

Syntax

//Object-oriented style
$mysqli->host_info;

//Procedural style
mysqli_get_host_info(mysql)

Parameters

mysql Required. For procedural style only: Specify a mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init().

Return Value

Returns a character string representing the server hostname and the connection type.

Example: Object-oriented style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli::$host_info property.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
  echo "Connection error: ". $mysqli->connect_error;
  exit();
}

//printing the host information
printf("Host info: %s\n", $mysqli->host_info);

//closing the connection
$mysqli->close();
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Host info: Localhost via UNIX socket

Example: Procedural style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_get_host_info() function.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Connection error: ". mysqli_connect_error();
  exit();
}

//printing the host information
printf("Host info: %s\n", mysqli_get_host_info($mysqli));

//closing the connection
mysqli_close($mysqli);
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Host info: Localhost via UNIX socket

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