mysql i o error,mysqli_error（）期望恰好有1个参数，给定0

I am trying to get my head around mysql. Can someone tell my why this mysql query is not working? I am getting the following error:

Warning: mysqli_error() expects

exactly 1 parameter, 0 given in

/home/freebet2/public_html/test.php on

line 11

test.php

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/includes/db.php');

$conn = db_connect();

$result = $conn->query("ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN refer_old INT(10) AFTER refer_id");

if(!$result){

echo "Error with MySQL Query: ".mysqli_error();

}

?>

db.php

function db_connect() {

$result = new mysqli('localhost', 'user', 'password', 'db');

if (!$result) {

throw new Exception('Could not connect to database server');

} else {

return $result;

}

}

?>

If I change the alter string to something like : $result = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM users refer_id"); I get no error for some reason.

解决方案

As far as the sql error is concerned, does 'user' have permissions to alter the table?