I don't know how obvious this was for anyone else, but if you attempt to prepare a query for a table that doesn't exist in the database the connection currently points to (or if your query is invalid in some other way, I suppose), an object will not be returned. I only noticed this after doing some digging when I kept getting a fatal error saying that my statement variable was not an set to an instance of an object (it was probably null).
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mysqli::prepare
mysqli_prepare
(PHP 5)
mysqli::prepare -- mysqli_prepare — Prépare une requête SQL pour l'exécution
Description
Style orienté objet :
Style procédural :
Prépare la requête SQL query et retourne une ressource à utiliser pour les futures opérations sur le traitement. La requête doit être une requête SQL unique.
Les paramètres de marques doivent être liés à des variables utilisées dans les fonctions mysqli_stmt_bind_param() et/ou mysqli_stmt_bind_result() avant d'exécuter la requête ou de récupérer les lignes.
Liste de paramètres
- link
-
Seulement en style procédural : Un identifiant de lien retourné par la fonction mysqli_connect() ou par la fonction mysqli_init()
- query
-
La requête, sous la forme d'une chaîne de caractères.
Note: Vous ne devez pas ajouter de point virgule ou de \g dans la requête.
Ce paramètre peut inclure un ou plusieurs paramètres de marques dans la requête SQL avec le caractère "point d'interrogation" (?) à la position appropriée.
Note: Les marques sont autorisées uniquement dans certaines endroits des requêtes SQL. Par exemple, elles le sont dans la liste VALUES() d'une requête INSERT (pour spécifier les valeurs des colonnes pour une ligne), ou dans une comparaison d'une clause WHERE pour spécifier une valeur de comparaison.
Cependant, elles ne sont pas autorisées pour les identifiants (comme les noms de tables ou de colonnes), dans une liste de sélection où les noms des colonnes doivent être retournés par une requête SELECT, ou pour spécifier un opérateur tel que le signe égal (=). La dernière restriction est nécessaire, car il est impossible de déterminer le type de paramètre. Il n'est pas non plus autorisé de comparer les marqueurs avec NULL par ? IS NULL. En général, les paramètres ne sont autorisés que dans les requêtes DML ("Data Manipulation Language") et non dans les requêtes DDL ("Data Definition Language").
Valeurs de retour
mysqli_prepare() retourne un objet de traitement ou FALSE si une erreur survient.
Exemples
Exemple #1 Style orienté objet
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* Vérification de la connexion */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Échec de la connexion : %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$city = "Amersfoort";
/* Crée une requête préparée */
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT District FROM City WHERE Name=?")) {
/* Lecture des marqueurs */
$stmt->bind_param("s", $city);
/* Exécution de la requête */
$stmt->execute();
/* Lecture des variables résultantes */
$stmt->bind_result($district);
/* Récupération des valeurs */
$stmt->fetch();
printf("%s est dans le district de %s\n", $city, $district);
/* Fermeture du traitement */
$stmt->close();
}
/* Fermeture de la connexion */
$mysqli->close();
?>
Exemple #2 Style procédural
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* Vérification de la connexion */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Échec de la connexion : %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$city = "Amersfoort";
/* Crée une requête préparée */
if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT District FROM City WHERE Name=?")) {
/* Lecture des marqueurs */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "s", $city);
/* Exécution de la requête */
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
/* Lecture des variables résultantes */
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $district);
/* Récupération des valeurs */
mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt);
printf("%s est dans le district de %s\n", $city, $district);
/* Fermeture du traitement */
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
}
/* Fermeture de la connexion */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher :
Amersfoort est dans le district de Utrecht
Voir aussi
- mysqli_stmt_execute() - Exécute une requête préparée
- mysqli_stmt_fetch() - Lit des résultats depuis une requête MySQL préparée dans des variables liées
- mysqli_stmt_bind_param() - Lie des variables à une requête MySQL
- mysqli_stmt_bind_result() - Lie des variables à un jeu de résultats
- mysqli_stmt_close() - Termine une requête préparée
mysqli::prepare
30-Jul-2009 03:03
15-Aug-2007 07:39
Performance note to those who wonder. I performed a test where first of all inserted about 30,000 posts with one PK:id and a varchar(20), where the varchar data was md5-hash for the current iterator value just to fill with some data.
The test was performed on a dedicated ubuntu 7.04 server with apache2/php5/mysql5.0 running on Athlon 64 - 3000+ with 512MB of RAM. The queries where tested with a for-loop from 0 to 30000 first with:
<?php
for ( $i = 0; $i <= 30000; ++$i )
{
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM test WHERE id = $i");
$row = $result->fetch_row();
echo $row[0]; //prints id
}
?>
which gave a page-load time of about 3.3seconds avarage, then with this loop:
<?php
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT * FROM test WHERE id = ?");
for ( $i = 0; $i <= 30000; ++$i )
{
$stmt->bind_param("i", $i);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($id, $md5);
$stmt->fetch();
echo $id;
}
$stmt->close();
?>
and the avarage page-load was lowered by 1.3sec, which means about 2.0 sec avarage! Guess the performance difference could be even greater on a more complex/larger table and more complex SQL-queries.
25-May-2007 09:30
It must be noted in the Description whether developers should call mysqli_stmt_close prior to executing mysqli_prepare again on the same statement variable.
Example, Script A calls mysqli_stmt_close twice:
<?php
/* Script A -- We are already connected to the database */
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO table VALUES (?, ?, 100)"); /* Query 1 */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "si", $string, $integer);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt); // CLOSE $stmt
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO table VALUES ('PHP', ?, ?)"); /* Query 2 */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ii", $integer, $code);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt); // CLOSE $stmt
/* Script A -- Continues on... */
?>
Next, we have Script B, calling mysqli_prepare again before issuing mysqli_stmt_close on the prior statement.
<?php
/* Script B -- We are already connected to the database */
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO table VALUES (?, ?, 100)"); /* Query 1 */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "si", $string, $integer);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO table VALUES ('PHP', ?, ?)"); /* Query 2 */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ii", $integer, $code);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt); // CLOSE $stmt
/* Script B -- Continues on... */
?>
Which method is more efficient and should be used by developers?
11-Aug-2006 12:03
The purpose of prepared statements is to not include data in your SQL statements. Including them in your SQL statements is NOT safe. Always use prepared statements. They are cleaner to use (code easier to read) and not prone to SQL injections.
Escaping strings to include in SQL statements doesn't work very well in some locales hence it is not safe.
05-May-2006 11:47
Note that single-quotes around the parameter markers _will_ prevent your statement from being prepared correctly.
Ex:
<?php
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO City (District) VALUES ('?')");
echo $stmt->param_count." parameters\n";
?>
will print 0 and fail with "Number of variables doesn't match number of parameters in prepared statement" warning when you try to bind the variables to it.
But
<?php
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO City (District) VALUES (?)");
echo $stmt->param_count." parameters\n";
?>
will print 1 and function correctly.
Very annoying, took me an hour to figure this out.
23-Jan-2006 05:53
Here is an example using bind_param and bind_result, showing iteration over a list of cities.
Note that there's some bug-potential in cases where the query returns NULL for some parameter value,
but the bind_result variables still might be bound. So, we use a conditional to spray the spot first.
$mysqli->select_db("world");
$template = "SELECT District, CountryCode FROM City WHERE Name=?";
printf("Prepare statement from template: %s\n", $template);
$cities = array('San Francisco', 'Lisbon', 'Lisboa', 'Marrakech', 'Madrid');
printf("Cities: %s\n", join(':', $cities));
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($template)) {
foreach($cities as $city) {
// bind the string $city to the '?'
$stmt->bind_param("s", $city);
$stmt->execute();
// bind result variables
$stmt->bind_result($d,$cc);
// 'Lisbon' is not found in the world.City table, but 'Lisboa' is.
// Using a conditional we avoid putting Lisbon in California.
if($stmt->fetch()) {
printf("%s is in %s, %s\n", $city, $d, $cc);
}
}
$stmt->close();
}
With the conditional statement we get the desired result:
Prepare statement from template: SELECT District,CountryCode FROM City WHERE Name=?
Cities: San Francisco:Lisbon:Lisboa:Marrakech:Madrid
San Francisco is in California, USA
Lisboa is in Lisboa, PRT
Marrakech is in Marrakech-Tensift-Al, MAR
Madrid is in Madrid, ESP
But, without the conditional statement we would put Lisbon in California:
San Francisco is in California, USA
Lisbon is in California, USA
Lisboa is in Lisboa, PRT
Marrakech is in Marrakech-Tensift-Al, MAR
Madrid is in Madrid, ESP
20-Dec-2005 09:50
I don't think these are good examples, because the primary use of prepared queries is when you are going to call the same query in a loop, plugging in different values each time. For instance, if you were generating a report and needed to run the same query for each line, tweaking the values in the WHERE clause, or importing data from another system.
