Execute a previously prepared SQL-statement

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# ifx_do

(PHP 4, PHP <=5.2.0)

ifx_do — Execute a previously prepared SQL-statement

### Description

bool ifx_do ( resource `$result_id` )

Executes a previously prepared query or opens a cursor for it.

Does NOT free `result_id` on error.

Also sets the real number of ifx_affected_rows() for non-select statements for retrieval by ifx_affected_rows().

### Parameters

`result_id`

  `result_id` is a valid resultid returned by ifx_query() or ifx_prepare() (select type queries only!).

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### See Also

Example #1 ifx_do() Example

`<?php
$conn = fx_connect( "db", "user", "password" );
$result = ifx_prepare("SELECT customer_num, company FROM customer", $conn);
ifx_do($result);
?>`

### See Also

- ifx_prepare() - Prepare an SQL-statement for execution

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