Send data in blocks mysqli_stmt::result_metadata mysqli_stmt::sqlstate MySQLi_STMT PHP Manual mysqli_stmt::send_long_data mysqli_stmt_send_long_data (PHP 5)mysqli_stmt::send_long_data -- mysqli_stmt_send_long_data — Send data in blocks Description Object oriented style (method) bool mysqli_stmt::send_long_data ( int $param_nr , string $data ) Procedural style: bool mysqli_stmt_send_long_data ( mysqli_stmt $stmt , int $param_nr , string $data ) Allows to send parameter data to the server in pieces (or chunks), e.g. if the size of a blob exceeds the size of max_allowed_packet. This function can be called multiple times to send the parts of a character or binary data value for a column, which must be one of the TEXT or BLOB datatypes. Parameters stmt Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init(). param_nr Indicates which parameter to associate the data with. Parameters are numbered beginning with 0. data A string containing data to be sent. Return Values Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Examples Example #1 Object oriented style <?php$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO messages (message) VALUES (?)");$null = NULL;$stmt->bind_param("b", $null);$fp = fopen("messages.txt", "r");while (!feof($fp)) { $stmt->send_long_data(0, fread($fp, 8192));}fclose($fp);$stmt->execute();?> See Also mysqli_prepare() mysqli_stmt_bind_param() mysqli_stmt::result_metadata mysqli_stmt::sqlstate MySQLi_STMT PHP Manual