# getSession

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getSession — Connect to a MySQL server

### Description

mysql_xdevapi\getSession ( string `$uri` ) : mysql_xdevapi\Session

Connects to the MySQL server.

### Parameters

`uri`

  The URI to the MySQL server, such as `mysqlx://user:password@host`.

  URI format:

  `scheme://[user[:[password]]@]target[:port][?attribute1=value1&attribute2=value2...`

  - `scheme`: required, the connection protocol

    In mysql_xdevapi it is always 'mysqlx' (for X Protocol)

  - `user`: optional, the MySQL user account for authentication

  - `password`: optional, the MySQL user's password for authentication

  - `target`: required, the server instance the connection refers to:

    * TCP connection (host name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address)

    * Unix socket path (local file path)

    * Windows named-pipe (local file path)

  - `port`: optional, network port of MySQL server.

    by default port for X Protocol is 33060

  - `?attribute=value`: this element is optional and specifies a data dictionary that contains different options, including:

    - The `auth` (authentication mechanism) attribute as it relates to encrypted connections. For additional information, see » Command Options for Encrypted Connections. The following 'auth' values are supported: `plain`, `mysql41`, `external`, and `sha256_mem`.

    - The `connect-timeout` attribute affects the connection and not subsequent operations. It is set per connection whether on a single or multiple hosts.

      Pass in a positive integer to define the connection timeout in seconds, or pass in 0 (zero) to disable the timeout (infinite). Not defining connect-timeout uses the default value of 10.

      Related, the MYSQLX_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (timeout in seconds) and MYSQLX_TEST_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (used while running tests) environment variables can be set and used instead of connect-timeout in the URI. The connect-timeout URI option has precedence over these environment variables.

    - The optional `compression` attribute accepts these values: `preferred` (client negotiates with server to find a supported algorithm; connection is uncompressed if a mutually supported algorithm is not found), `required` (like "preferred", but connection is terminated if a mutually supported algorithm is not found), or `disabled` (connection is uncompressed). Defaults to `preferred`.

      This option was added in version 8.0.20.

    - The optional `compression-algorithms` attribute defines the desired compression algorithms (and their preferred usage order): `zstd_stream` (alias: zstd), `lz4_message` (alias: lz4), or `deflate_stream` (aliases: deflate or zlib). By default, the order used (depending on system availability) is lz4_message, zstd_stream, then deflate_stream. For example, passing in compression-algorithms=[lz4,zstd_stream] uses lz4 if it's available, otherwise zstd_stream is used. If both are unavailable then behavior depends on the compression value e.g., if compression=required then it'll fail with an error.

      This option was added in version 8.0.22.

  Example #1 URI examples

  `mysqlx://foobar
  mysqlx://root@localhost?socket=%2Ftmp%2Fmysqld.sock%2F
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33060
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33160?ssl-mode=disabled
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33260?ssl-mode=required
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33360?ssl-mode=required&auth=mysql41
  mysqlx://foo:bar@(/path/to/socket)
  mysqlx://foo:bar@(/path/to/socket)?auth=sha256_mem
  mysqlx://foo:bar@[localhost:33060, 127.0.0.1:33061]
  mysqlx://foobar?ssl-ca=(/path/to/ca.pem)&ssl-crl=(/path/to/crl.pem)
  mysqlx://foo:bar@[localhost:33060, 127.0.0.1:33061]?ssl-mode=disabled
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33160/?connect-timeout=0
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33160/?connect-timeout=10&compression=required
  mysqlx://foo:bar@localhost:33160/?connect-timeout=10&compression=required&compression-algorithms=[lz4,zstd_stream]`

  For related information, see MySQL Shell's » Connecting using a URI String.

### Return Values

A Session object.

### Errors/Exceptions

A connection failure throws an Exception.

### Examples

Example #2 mysql_xdevapi\getSession() example

`<?php
try {
$session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@host");
} catch(Exception $e) {
die("Connection could not be established: " . $e->getMessage());
}
$schemas = $session->getSchemas();
print_r($schemas);
$mysql_version = $session->getServerVersion();
print_r($mysql_version);
var_dump($collection->find("name = 'Alfred'")->execute()->fetchOne());
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Array
    (
        [0] => mysql_xdevapi\Schema Object
            (
                [name] => helloworld
            )
        [1] => mysql_xdevapi\Schema Object
            (
                [name] => information_schema
            )
        [2] => mysql_xdevapi\Schema Object
            (
                [name] => mysql
            )
        [3] => mysql_xdevapi\Schema Object
            (
                [name] => performance_schema
            )
        [4] => mysql_xdevapi\Schema Object
            (
                [name] => sys
            )
    )

    80012

    array(4) {
      ["_id"]=>
      string(28) "00005ad66abf0001000400000003"
      ["age"]=>
      int(42)
      ["job"]=>
      string(7) "Butler"
      ["name"]=>
      string(4) "Alfred"
    }