Initializes MySQLi and returns a resource for use with mysqli_real

Object oriented style

mysqli mysqli::init ( void )

Procedural style

mysqli mysqli_init ( void )

Allocates or initializes a MYSQL object suitable for mysqli_options() and mysqli_real_connect().

Note: Any subsequent calls to any mysqli function (except mysqli_options()) will fail until mysqli_real_connect() was called.

Returns an object.

mysqli::init