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# mysqli_stmt_bind_result

(PHP 5)

mysqli_stmt_bind_result

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

stmt->bind_result() -- Binds variables to a prepared statement for result storage

## Description

Procedural style:

bool mysqli_stmt_bind_result ( mysqli_stmt stmt, mixed &var1 [, mixed &...] )

Object oriented style (method):

class mysqli_stmt {
bool bind_result ( mixed &var1 [, mixed &...] )
}

Binds columns in the result set to variables.

When mysqli_stmt_fetch() is called to fetch data, the MySQL client/server protocol places the data for the bound columns into the specified variables `var1, ...`.

> Note: Note that all columns must be bound after mysqli_stmt_execute() and prior to calling mysqli_stmt_fetch(). Depending on column types bound variables can silently change to the corresponding PHP type.

> A column can be bound or rebound at any time, even after a result set has been partially retrieved. The new binding takes effect the next time mysqli_stmt_fetch() is called.

## Parameters

`stmt`

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

`var1`

  The variable to be bound.

## Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

## Examples

Example 1. Object oriented style

`<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* prepare statement */
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5")) {
$stmt->execute();
/* bind variables to prepared statement */
$stmt->bind_result($col1, $col2);
/* fetch values */
while ($stmt->fetch()) {
printf("%s %s\n", $col1, $col2);
}
/* close statement */
$stmt->close();
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>`

Example 2. 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();
}
/* prepare statement */
if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT Code, Name FROM Country ORDER BY Name LIMIT 5")) {
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* bind variables to prepared statement */
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $col1, $col2);
/* fetch values */
while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {
printf("%s %s\n", $col1, $col2);
}
/* close statement */
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>`

The above example will output:

    AFG Afghanistan
    ALB Albania
    DZA Algeria
    ASM American Samoa
    AND Andorra

## See Also

mysqli_stmt_bind_param()
mysqli_stmt_execute()
mysqli_stmt_fetch()
mysqli_prepare()
mysqli_stmt_prepare()
mysqli_stmt_init()
mysqli_stmt_errno()
mysqli_stmt_error()

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