mysqli_stmt::bind_param

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Binds variables to a prepared statement as parameters

bool mysqli_stmt::bind_param ( string $types, mixed &$var1 [, mixed &$... ] )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

bool mysqli_stmt_bind_param ( mysqli_stmt $stmt , string $types , mixed &$var1 [, mixed &$... ] )

Bind variables for the parameter markers in the SQL statement that was passed to mysqli_prepare().

Note:

If data size of a variable exceeds max. allowed packet size (max_allowed_packet), you have to specify b in types and use mysqli_stmt_send_long_data() to send the data in packets.

Note:

Care must be taken when using mysqli_stmt_bind_param() in conjunction with call_user_func_array(). Note that mysqli_stmt_bind_param() requires parameters to be passed by reference, whereas call_user_func_array() can accept as a parameter a list of variables that can represent references or values.

Parameters:

stmt

Procedural style only: A statement identifier returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

types

A string that contains one or more characters which specify the types for the corresponding bind variables:

**Type specification chars**
Character	Description
i	corresponding variable has type integer
d	corresponding variable has type double
s	corresponding variable has type string
b	corresponding variable is a blob and will be sent in packets

var1

The number of variables and length of string types must match the parameters in the statement.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

Object oriented style

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world');
 
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}
 
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO CountryLanguage VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
$stmt->bind_param('sssd', $code, $language, $official, $percent);
 
$code = 'DEU';
$language = 'Bavarian';
$official = "F";
$percent = 11.2;
 
/* execute prepared statement */
$stmt->execute();
 
printf("%d Row inserted.\n", $stmt->affected_rows);
 
/* close statement and connection */
$stmt->close();
 
/* Clean up table CountryLanguage */
$mysqli->query("DELETE FROM CountryLanguage WHERE Language='Bavarian'");
printf("%d Row deleted.\n", $mysqli->affected_rows);
 
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world');
 
/* check connection */
if (!$link) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}
 
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO CountryLanguage VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, 'sssd', $code, $language, $official, $percent);
 
$code = 'DEU';
$language = 'Bavarian';
$official = "F";
$percent = 11.2;
 
/* execute prepared statement */
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
 
printf("%d Row inserted.\n", mysqli_stmt_affected_rows($stmt));
 
/* close statement and connection */
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
 
/* Clean up table CountryLanguage */
mysqli_query($link, "DELETE FROM CountryLanguage WHERE Language='Bavarian'");
printf("%d Row deleted.\n", mysqli_affected_rows($link));
 
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

1 Row inserted.
1 Row deleted.