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Prepares an SQL statement for execution

mysqli::prepare

mysqli_prepare

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mysqli::prepare -- mysqli_prepare — Prepares an SQL statement for execution

Description

Object-oriented style

public mysqli::prepare(string $query): mysqli_stmt|false

Procedural style

mysqli_prepare(mysqli $mysql, string $query): mysqli_stmt|false

Prepares the SQL query, and returns a statement handle to be used for further operations on the statement. The query must consist of a single SQL statement.

The statement template can contain zero or more question mark (?) parameter markers⁠—also called placeholders. The parameter markers must be bound to application variables using mysqli_stmt_bind_param() before executing the statement.

Parameters

mysql

Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

query

The query, as a string. It must consist of a single SQL statement.

The SQL statement may contain zero or more parameter markers represented by question mark (?) characters at the appropriate positions.

Note:
The markers are legal only in certain places in SQL statements. For example, they are permitted in the VALUES() list of an INSERT statement (to specify column values for a row), or in a comparison with a column in a WHERE clause to specify a comparison value.

However, they are not permitted for identifiers (such as table or column names), or to specify both operands of a binary operator such as the = equal sign. The latter restriction is necessary because it would be impossible to determine the parameter type. In general, parameters are legal only in Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements, and not in Data Definition Language (DDL) statements.

Return Values

mysqli_prepare() returns a statement object or false if an error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 mysqli::prepare() example

Object-oriented style


<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$city = "Amersfoort";

/* create a prepared statement */
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT District FROM City WHERE Name=?");

/* bind parameters for markers */
$stmt->bind_param("s", $city);

/* execute query */
$stmt->execute();

/* bind result variables */
$stmt->bind_result($district);

/* fetch value */
$stmt->fetch();

printf("%s is in district %s\n", $city, $district);

Procedural style


<?php

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

$city = "Amersfoort";

/* create a prepared statement */
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT District FROM City WHERE Name=?");

/* bind parameters for markers */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "s", $city);

/* execute query */
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

/* bind result variables */
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $district);

/* fetch value */
mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt);

printf("%s is in district %s\n", $city, $district);