.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.5 .\" .TH "mysql_init" "3" "" "Version 3.4" "MariaDB Connector/C" .SS Name mysql_init \- Prepares and initializes a \f[CR]MYSQL\f[R] structure .SS Synopsis .IP .EX #include \f[B]\f[R] MYSQL *mysql_init(MYSQL *mysql); .EE .SS Description Prepares and initializes a \f[CR]MYSQL\f[R] structure to be used with \f[B]mysql_real_connect(3)\f[R]. If an address of a \f[CR]MYSQL\f[R] structure was passed as parameter, the structure will be initialized, if \f[CR]NULL\f[R] was passed, a new structure will be allocated and initialized. .PP \f[B]Notes:\f[R] * If parameter \f[CR]mysql\f[R] is not \f[CR]NULL\f[R] \f[B]mysql_close(3)\f[R] API function will not release the memory * Any subsequent calls to any function (except \f[B]mysql_optionsv(3)\f[R] will fail until \f[B]mysql_real_connect(3)\f[R] was called. * Memory allocated by \f[CR]mysql_init()\f[R] must be freed with \f[B]mysql_close(3)\f[R]. .SS Return value The \f[CR]mysql_init()\f[R] function returns an address of a \f[CR]MYSQL\f[R] structure, or NULL in case of memory allcation error. .SS See also .IP \[bu] 2 \f[B]mysql_close(3)\f[R] .IP \[bu] 2 \f[B]mysql_optionsv(3)\f[R]