Turns on or off auto-committing database modifications

# mysqli::autocommit

# mysqli_autocommit

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mysqli::autocommit -- mysqli_autocommit — Turns on or off auto-committing database modifications

### Description

Object-oriented style

public mysqli::autocommit(bool `$enable`): bool

Procedural style

mysqli_autocommit(mysqli `$mysql`, bool `$enable`): bool

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

`mysql`

  Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

`enable`

  Whether to turn on auto-commit or not.

### Return Values

Returns `true` on success or `false` on failure.

### Errors/Exceptions

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.

### Examples

Example #1 mysqli::autocommit() example

Object-oriented style

`<?php
/* Tell mysqli to throw an exception if an error occurs */
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* The table engine has to support transactions */
$mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS language (
Code text NOT NULL,
Speakers int(11) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;");
/* Turn autocommit off */
$mysqli->autocommit(false);
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT @@autocommit");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
try {
/* Prepare insert statement */
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare('INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
$stmt->bind_param('ss', $language_code, $native_speakers);
/* Insert some values */
$language_code = 'DE';
$native_speakers = 50_123_456;
$stmt->execute();
$language_code = 'FR';
$native_speakers = 40_546_321;
$stmt->execute();
/* Commit the data in the database. This doesn't set autocommit=true */
$mysqli->commit();
print "Committed 2 rows in the database\n";
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT @@autocommit");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
/* Try to insert more values */
$language_code = 'PL';
$native_speakers = 30_555_444;
$stmt->execute();
$language_code = 'DK';
$native_speakers = 5_222_444;
$stmt->execute();
/* Setting autocommit=true will trigger a commit */
$mysqli->autocommit(true);
print "Committed 2 row in the database\n";
} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
$mysqli->rollback();
throw $exception;
}`

Procedural style

`<?php
/* Tell mysqli to throw an exception if an error occurs */
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* The table engine has to support transactions */
mysqli_query($mysqli, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS language (
Code text NOT NULL,
Speakers int(11) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;");
/* Turn autocommit off */
mysqli_autocommit($mysqli, false);
$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT @@autocommit");
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
try {
/* Prepare insert statement */
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($mysqli, 'INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, 'ss', $language_code, $native_speakers);
/* Insert some values */
$language_code = 'DE';
$native_speakers = 50_123_456;
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
$language_code = 'FR';
$native_speakers = 40_546_321;
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* Commit the data in the database. This doesn't set autocommit=true */
mysqli_commit($mysqli);
print "Committed 2 rows in the database\n";
$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT @@autocommit");
$row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
printf("Autocommit is %s\n", $row[0]);
/* Try to insert more values */
$language_code = 'PL';
$native_speakers = 30_555_444;
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
$language_code = 'DK';
$native_speakers = 5_222_444;
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* Setting autocommit=true will trigger a commit */
mysqli_autocommit($mysqli, true);
print "Committed 2 row in the database\n";
} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
mysqli_rollback($mysqli);
throw $exception;
}`

The above examples will output:

    Autocommit is 0
    Committed 2 rows in the database
    Autocommit is 0
    Committed 2 row in the database
    Autocommit is 0
    Committed 2 rows in the database
    Autocommit is 0
    Committed 2 row in the database

### Notes

> Note:

> This function does not work with non transactional table types (like MyISAM or ISAM).

### See Also

- mysqli_begin_transaction() - Starts a transaction
- mysqli_commit() - Commits the current transaction
- mysqli_rollback() - Rolls back current transaction

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