If you receive errors like: "This server version doesn't support 'READ WRITE' and 'READ ONLY'. Minimum 5.6.5 is required" with versions of MariaDB that DO support them, this is due to an internal check in mysqli conflicting with a hack in MariaDB to allow replication with oracle mysql.
MariaDB prefixes its server version numbers with "5.5.5-" for example "5.5.5-10.3.7-MariaDB-1:10.3.7+maria~stretch". This is because oracle mysql would interpet the "10" as version 1. Mysql clients aware of MariaDB have been updated to detect and strip this prefix.
However the check for mysqli.begin-transaction sees the 5.5.5 prefix and so fails.
The workaround is to specify a custom version string without the prefix for MariaDB on the command line using the --version option. Then mysqli.begin-transaction functions as expected.
mysqli::begin_transaction
mysqli_begin_transaction
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli::begin_transaction -- mysqli_begin_transaction — Starts a transaction
Description
Object-oriented style
Procedural style:
Begins a transaction. Requires the InnoDB engine (it is enabled by default). For additional details about how MySQL transactions work, see » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/commit.html.
Parameters
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mysql -
Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
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flags -
Valid flags are:
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MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_ONLY: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION READ ONLY". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above. -
MYSQLI_TRANS_START_READ_WRITE: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION READ WRITE". Requires MySQL 5.6 and above. -
MYSQLI_TRANS_START_WITH_CONSISTENT_SNAPSHOT: Start the transaction as "START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT".
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name -
Savepoint name for the transaction.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
name is now nullable.
|
Examples
Example #1 mysqli::begin_transaction() 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;");
/* Start transaction */
$mysqli->begin_transaction();
try {
/* Insert some values */
$mysqli->query("INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES ('DE', 42000123)");
/* Try to insert invalid values */
$language_code = 'FR';
$native_speakers = 'Unknown';
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare('INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
$stmt->bind_param('ss', $language_code, $native_speakers);
$stmt->execute();
/* If code reaches this point without errors then commit the data in the database */
$mysqli->commit();
} 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;");
/* Start transaction */
mysqli_begin_transaction($mysqli);
try {
/* Insert some values */
mysqli_query($mysqli, "INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES ('DE', 42000123)");
/* Try to insert invalid values */
$language_code = 'FR';
$native_speakers = 'Unknown';
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($mysqli, 'INSERT INTO language(Code, Speakers) VALUES (?,?)');
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, 'ss', $language_code, $native_speakers);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* If code reaches this point without errors then commit the data in the database */
mysqli_commit($mysqli);
} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
mysqli_rollback($mysqli);
throw $exception;
}Notes
Note:
This function does not work with non transactional table types (like MyISAM or ISAM).
See Also
- mysqli_autocommit() - Turns on or off auto-committing database modifications
- mysqli_commit() - Commits the current transaction
- mysqli_rollback() - Rolls back current transaction
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User Contributed Notes 4 notes
Ral ¶
6 years ago
PHP Guru ¶
4 years ago
MySQL 5.6 introduces READ ONLY mode which applies optimizations to your transactions that can only be applied when it knows in advance that no table modifications will be made and that no locks will be issued.
The default access mode is READ WRITE in all versions up to and including MySQL 5.6. Starting in MySQL 5.7, the appropriate access mode is detected automatically. So if your transaction attempts modifications or table locks, it will automatically use READ WRITE mode, otherwise it will use READ ONLY mode and your transaction will benefit from the optimizations that come from that without having to explicitly declare is as READ ONLY.
Therefore the only time you need to explicitly declare an access mode is when you are using MySQL 5.6 and you are sure that you want READ ONLY mode. Note that any queries that attempt to modify tables or issue locks in READ ONLY mode will fail. Temporary tables can still be modified.
(Moderators. This post should replace the previous post that I made on the subject. Thanks.)
VasK@hapir ¶
6 years ago
The above answer from Ral worked for us, Thanks a lot. This is how we implemented the proposed workaround for
Warning: mysqli_begin_transaction(): This server version doesn't support 'READ WRITE' and 'READ ONLY'. Minimum 5.6.5 is required
We appended the following line to /etc/my.cnf and restarted MySQL server
version=10.2.19-MariaDB
