PHP Manual Function Reference Database Extensions Vendor Specific Database Extensions MySQL MySQLi Aliases and deprecated Mysqli Functions mysqli_get_metadata mysqli_get_links_stats mysqli_master_query mysqli_get_metadata (PHP 5 < 5.4.0)mysqli_get_metadata — Alias for mysqli_stmt_result_metadata() Description This function is an alias of mysqli_stmt_result_metadata(). WarningThis function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0. See Also mysqli_stmt_result_metadata() - Returns result set metadata from a prepared statement