(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli::change_user -- mysqli_change_user — Changes the user of the database connection
Object-oriented style
public mysqli::change_user(string $username, #[\SensitiveParameter] string $password, ?string $database): bool
Procedural style
mysqli_change_user( mysqli $mysql, string $username, #[\SensitiveParameter] string $password, ?string $database ): bool
Attempts to connect to the specified database using the provided credentials.
In comparison to mysqli::connect(), this method will not disconnect the current connection if the new connection cannot be opened.
In order to successfully change users a valid username and password parameters must be provided and that user must have sufficient permissions to access the desired database. If for any reason authorization fails, the current user authentication will remain.
mysql
Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
usernameThe MySQL user name.
passwordThe MySQL password.
database The database name. If null or an empty string is passed, the connection to the server will be opened with no default database.
If mysqli error reporting is enabled (MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR) and the requested operation fails, a warning is generated. If, in addition, the mode is set to MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT, a mysqli_sql_exception is thrown instead.
Example #1 Resetting the connection session
Object-oriented style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
$mysqli->query("SET @a:=1");
$mysqli->change_user("my_user", "my_password", "world");
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT DATABASE()");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
printf("Default database: %s\n", $row[0]);
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT @a");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
if ($row[0] === null) {
printf("Value of variable a is NULL\n");
} Procedural style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
mysqli_query($link, "SET @a:=1");
mysqli_change_user($link, "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT DATABASE()");
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
printf("Default database: %s\n", $row[0]);
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT @a");
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
if ($row[0] === null) {
printf("Value of variable a is NULL\n");
} The above examples will output:
Default database: world Value of variable a is NULL
Example #2 If database is null the connection is opened without selecting any default database
Object-oriented style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
$mysqli->change_user("my_user", "my_password", null);
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT DATABASE()");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
printf("Default database: %s\n", $row[0]); The above examples will output:
Default database:
Note:
Using this command will always cause the current database connection to behave as if was a completely new database connection, regardless of if the operation was completed successfully. This reset includes performing a rollback on any active transactions, closing all temporary tables, and unlocking all locked tables.
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