PDO
Here is a way of testing that your transaction has started when using MySQL's InnoDB tables. It will fail if you are using MySQL's MyISAM tables, which do not support transactions but will also not return an error when using them.
<?
// Begin the transaction
$dbh->beginTransaction();
// To verify that a transaction has started, try to create an (illegal for InnoDB) nested transaction.
// If it works, the first transaction did not start correctly or is unsupported (such as on MyISAM tables)
try {
$dbh->beginTransaction();
die('Cancelling, Transaction was not properly started');
} catch (PDOException $e) {
print "Transaction is running (because trying another one failed)\n";
}
?>
PDO::beginTransaction
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PECL pdo:0.1-1.0.3)
PDO::beginTransaction — Initiates a transaction
Description
bool PDO::beginTransaction
( void
)
Turns off autocommit mode. While autocommit mode is turned off, changes made to the database via the PDO object instance are not committed until you end the transaction by calling PDO::commit(). Calling PDO::rollBack() will roll back all changes to the database and return the connection to autocommit mode.
Some databases, including MySQL, automatically issue an implicit COMMIT when a database definition language (DDL) statement such as DROP TABLE or CREATE TABLE is issued within a transaction. The implicit COMMIT will prevent you from rolling back any other changes within the transaction boundary.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 Roll back a transaction
The following example begins a transaction and issues two statements that modify the database before rolling back the changes. On MySQL, however, the DROP TABLE statement automatically commits the transaction so that none of the changes in the transaction are rolled back.
<?php
/* Begin a transaction, turning off autocommit */
$dbh->beginTransaction();
/* Change the database schema and data */
$sth = $dbh->exec("DROP TABLE fruit");
$sth = $dbh->exec("UPDATE dessert
SET name = 'hamburger'");
/* Recognize mistake and roll back changes */
$dbh->rollBack();
/* Database connection is now back in autocommit mode */
?>
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User Contributed NotesPDO::beginTransaction
brian at diamondsea dot com
25-Mar-2008 03:18
25-Mar-2008 03:18
drm at melp dot nl
11-Feb-2008 02:37
11-Feb-2008 02:37
In response to "Anonymous / 20-Dec-2007 03:04"
You could also extend the PDO class and hold a private flag to check if a transaction is already started.
class MyPDO extends PDO {
protected $hasActiveTransaction = false;
function beginTransaction () {
if ( $this->hasActiveTransaction ) {
return false;
} else {
$this->hasActiveTransaction = parent::beginTransaction ();
return $this->hasActiveTransaction;
}
}
function commit () {
parent::commit ();
$this->hasActiveTransaction = false;
}
function rollback () {
parent::rollback ();
$this->hasActiveTransaction = false;
}
}
Anonymous
20-Dec-2007 03:04
20-Dec-2007 03:04
beginTransaction will through a PDOException if you execute it while a PDO transaction is already active. Additionally the PDO engine doesn't seem to provide any way of determining if there is a transaction "in flight" so if you might be calling a function from within another function that starts a transaction you'll have to wrap the beginTransaction () call in a try .. catch block.