Question

When querying using mysqli_stmt::prepare() and execute(), it will not return the result set. But we need to access using the mysqli_stmt:fetch() on the stmt object. There is one function in the php manual called mysqli_stmt::get_result() that will return the result set into a variable we define, but when I use it, it gives me undefined method error. The manual say it is probably in SVC which I am not sure what.

The codes:

$conn = new mysqli(DB_HOST,DB_USERNAME,DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
$stmt =  $conn->stmt_init();
$stmt->prepare("select * from users where u_id = ? ");
$stmt->bind_param('s', $param);
$stmt->execute();

Edit :
I know I can use bind_result() and fetch() function to retrieve the record like :

$stmt->bind_result($column1, $column2, $column3);

while ($stmt->fetch()) {
    echo "Column 1: $column1\n";
    echo "Column 2: $column2\n";
    echo "Column 3: $column3\n";
}

But, my objective is to get the result set (the resource type object) after I execute, something like this:

$result = $stmt->execute();

so I can use the normal mysqli::fetch_object on the result set

$conn->fetch_object($result);

Is there any way to achieve this? thanks

Update:
The get_result function is exactly what I need, but it’s not working on my PHP

Answer 1

Well, if you do not want to use mysqli_stmt::fetch() but mysqli_result::fetch_*(), I guess it will be a little cumbersome.

http://www.joekolba.com/node/2

Alternatively, use PDO.