Binds a PHP variable to a corresponding named or question mark placeholder in the SQL statement that was used to prepare the statement. Unlike PDOStatement::bindValue(), the variable is bound as a reference and will only be evaluated at the time that PDOStatement::execute() is called.
Most parameters are input parameters, that is, parameters that are used in a read-only fashion to build up the query. Some drivers support the invocation of stored procedures that return data as output parameters, and some also as input/output parameters that both send in data and are updated to receive it.
Parameter identifier. For a prepared statement using named placeholders, this will be a parameter name of the form :name. For a prepared statement using question mark placeholders, this will be the 1-indexed position of the parameter.
Name of the PHP variable to bind to the SQL statement parameter.
Explicit data type for the parameter using the PDO::PARAM_* constants. To return an INOUT parameter from a stored procedure, use the bitwise OR operator to set the PDO::PARAM_INPUT_OUTPUT bits for the data_type
parameter.
Length of the data type. To indicate that a parameter is an OUT parameter from a stored procedure, you must explicitly set the length.
Length of the data type. To indicate that a parameter is an OUT parameter from a stored procedure, you must explicitly set the length.
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
<?php /* Execute a prepared statement by binding PHP variables */ $calories = 150; $colour = 'red'; $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT name, colour, calories FROM fruit WHERE calories < :calories AND colour = :colour'); $sth->bindParam(':calories', $calories, PDO::PARAM_INT); $sth->bindParam(':colour', $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR, 12); $sth->execute(); ?>
<?php /* Execute a prepared statement by binding PHP variables */ $calories = 150; $colour = 'red'; $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT name, colour, calories FROM fruit WHERE calories < ? AND colour = ?'); $sth->bindParam(1, $calories, PDO::PARAM_INT); $sth->bindParam(2, $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR, 12); $sth->execute(); ?>
<?php /* Call a stored procedure with an INOUT parameter */ $colour = 'red'; $sth = $dbh->prepare('CALL puree_fruit(?)'); $sth->bindParam(1, $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR|PDO::PARAM_INPUT_OUTPUT, 12); $sth->execute(); print("After pureeing fruit, the colour is: $colour"); ?>
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