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ifx_errormsg

Name

ifx_errormsg — Returns error message of last Informix call

Synopsis

ifx_errormsg([errorcode]); int errorcode (optional): Error code

Returns

Informix error message

Description

Dislays a textual description of the last Informix error. This is genrally much friendlier although less informative than error information returned by ifx_error() . If the errorcode parameter is specified, information relating to the specific error code is returned.

Version

Since version 3.0.4 and 4.0

Example

Example 562. Check for database errors

function print_error($text) {
   echo "There was an error reported by the database.\n";
   echo "Error reported was: $text";
   die();
}

// try an oncorrect login
if (!$conn = @ifx_connect( "stores7@demo_se", "testuser", "password" )) {
   print_error(ifx_errormsg());
}

// try an incorrect query
if (!$result = @ifx_query("SELECT customer_num, company FROM customer", $conn)) {
   print_error(ifx_errormsg());
   
} else {
   while ($row = ifx_fetch_row($result)) {
      printf("%s %s<BR>", $row["customer_num"], $row["company"]);
   }
}

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