diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli.stub.php b/ext/mysqli/mysqli.stub.php
index e0c46a5427bcb..be0bbbc919b25 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli.stub.php
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli.stub.php
@@ -613,6 +613,8 @@ public function next(): bool {}
 final class mysqli_sql_exception extends RuntimeException
 {
     protected string $sqlstate = "00000";
+
+    public function getSqlState(): string {}
 }
 
 /** @refcount 1 */
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_arginfo.h b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_arginfo.h
index 4cd285e347f47..a0168a51c7a98 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: e9f4dd04e7d01864c38033bcaf5e03b63e191deb */
+ * Stub hash: 78662c05cd463735a8a4101c0357fd0d2698d48e */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_mysqli_affected_rows, 0, 1, MAY_BE_LONG|MAY_BE_STRING)
 	ZEND_ARG_OBJ_INFO(0, mysql, mysqli, 0)
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
 #define arginfo_class_mysqli_warning_next arginfo_mysqli_thread_safe
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_class_mysqli_sql_exception_getSqlState, 0, 0, IS_STRING, 0)
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 
 ZEND_FUNCTION(mysqli_affected_rows);
 ZEND_FUNCTION(mysqli_autocommit);
@@ -842,6 +845,7 @@ ZEND_METHOD(mysqli_result, getIterator);
 ZEND_METHOD(mysqli_stmt, __construct);
 ZEND_METHOD(mysqli_warning, __construct);
 ZEND_METHOD(mysqli_warning, next);
+ZEND_METHOD(mysqli_sql_exception, getSqlState);
 
 
 static const zend_function_entry ext_functions[] = {
@@ -1083,6 +1087,7 @@ static const zend_function_entry class_mysqli_warning_methods[] = {
 
 
 static const zend_function_entry class_mysqli_sql_exception_methods[] = {
+	ZEND_ME(mysqli_sql_exception, getSqlState, arginfo_class_mysqli_sql_exception_getSqlState, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC)
 	ZEND_FE_END
 };
 
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_exception.c b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_exception.c
index 3bc80807a7e98..3d15881863e24 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_exception.c
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_exception.c
@@ -63,3 +63,17 @@ void php_mysqli_throw_sql_exception(char *sqlstate, int errorno, char *format, .
 
 	zend_throw_exception_object(&sql_ex);
 }
+
+PHP_METHOD(mysqli_sql_exception, getSqlState)
+{
+	zval *prop;
+	zval rv;
+
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
+
+	prop = zend_read_property(mysqli_exception_class_entry, Z_OBJ_P(ZEND_THIS), "sqlstate", sizeof("sqlstate")-1, 1, &rv);
+	ZVAL_DEREF(prop);
+	zend_string *str = zval_get_string(prop);
+	
+	RETURN_STR(str);
+}
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/gh7746.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/gh7746.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18fdb03451377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/gh7746.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #GH-7746 mysqli_sql_exception->sqlstate is inaccessible
+--EXTENSIONS--
+mysqli
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once "connect.inc";
+require_once 'skipifconnectfailure.inc';
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require 'connect.inc';
+$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket);
+
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+
+try {
+    $link->query("stuff");
+} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $exception) {
+    var_dump($exception->getSqlState());
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(5) "42000"