mysql_server_init(3)

💖 mysql_server_init(3) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the MariaDB Connector/C section of the manual and this is the lil function that gets the whole party started ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mysql_server_init — initializes the library 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <mysql.h>

int mysql_library_init(int argc __attribute__((unused)),
                       char **argv __attribute__((unused)),
                       char **groups __attribute__((unused)))

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, you gotta call this to initialize the library before you call literally any other function. it's giving "warm up before the performance" energy, no cap. 💅

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

ngl this is the funniest part: all parameters are unused. every single one. they're just there for compatibility reasons — like decorative throw pillows, they're not doing anything but they gotta be there 🙈

💜 NOTES 💜

• call mysql_server_end(3) to clean up after you're done. it's the "okay bestie we're leaving" of this whole situation. 🫶
• if the library was not explicitly initialized by mysql_server_init(), then any call to mysql_init(3) will just auto-initialize the library for you. she's independent, she doesn't need you. main character energy fr fr. 👑
• mysql_library_init() is an alias for mysql_server_init() — same girl, different name, iykyk. 🌈

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns zero for success, or nonzero if an error occurred. zero = slay, nonzero = we have a situation. 😭

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• mysql_server_end(3)

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 and just so you know, this was Version 3.4 of the MariaDB Connector/C manual — love you, bye bestie!! 💖✨🎀🦋