mysqli::begin_transaction

mysqli_begin_transaction
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)
mysqli::begin_transaction -- mysqli_begin_transaction — Starts a transaction

Description ¶
Object oriented style (method):
public mysqli::begin_transaction ([ int $flags = 0 [, string $name ]] ) : bool

Procedural style:
mysqli_begin_transaction ( mysqli $link [, int $flags = 0 [, string $name ]] ) : bool

Begins a transaction. Requires the InnoDB engine (it is enabled by default). For additional details
about how MySQL transactions work, see » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/commit.html.

Parameters ¶
link

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

flags

Valid flags are:

• MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY: Start the transaction as "START
TRANSACTION READ ONLY". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above.
• MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_WRITE: Start the transaction as "START
TRANSACTION READ WRITE". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above.
• MYSQLI_TRANS_START_WITH_CONSISTENT_SNAPSHOT: Start the transaction
as "START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT".
name

Savepoint name for the transaction.

Return Values ¶
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples ¶
Example #1 $mysqli->begin_transaction() example
Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "my_user", "my_password", "sakil
a");

if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
exit();
}

$mysqli->begin_transaction(MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY);

$mysqli->query("SELECT first_name, last_name FROM actor");

$mysqli->commit();

$mysqli->close();
?>

Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "my_user", "my_password", "sak
ila");

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}

mysqli_begin_transaction($link, MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY);

mysqli_query($link, "SELECT first_name, last_name FROM actor LIMIT

1");
mysqli_commit($link);

mysqli_close($link);
?>

See Also ¶
• mysqli_autocommit() - Turns on or off auto-committing database modifications
• mysqli_commit() - Commits the current transaction
• mysqli_rollback() - Rolls back current transaction

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Luc ¶
2 years ago
For PHP<5.5:

mysqli_query($db, "START TRANSACTION");

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Ral ¶
1 year ago
If you receive errors like: "This server version doesn't support
'READ WRITE' and 'READ ONLY'. Minimum 5.6.5 is required" with
versions of MariaDB that DO support them, this is due to an
internal check in mysqli conflicting with a hack in MariaDB to
allow replication with oracle mysql.

MariaDB prefixes its server version numbers with "5.5.5-" for

example "5.5.5-10.3.7-MariaDB-1:10.3.7+maria~stretch". This is
because oracle mysql would interpet the "10" as version 1. Mysql
clients aware of MariaDB have been updated to detect and strip
this prefix.

However the check for mysqli.begin-transaction sees the 5.5.5

prefix and so fails.

The workaround is to specify a custom version string without the

prefix for MariaDB on the command line using the --version option.
Then mysqli.begin-transaction functions as expected.

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VasK@hapir ¶
5 months ago
The above answer from Ral worked for us, Thanks a lot. This is how
we implemented the proposed workaround for

Warning: mysqli_begin_transaction(): This server version doesn't

support 'READ WRITE' and 'READ ONLY'. Minimum 5.6.5 is required

We appended the following line to /etc/my.cnf and restarted MySQL

server

version=10.2.19-MariaDB