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# PDOStatement::bindValue

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

PDOStatement::bindValue -- Binds a value to a parameter

## Description

bool PDOStatement::bindValue ( mixed parameter, mixed value [, int data_type] )

Binds a value to a corresponding named or question mark placeholder in the SQL statement that was use to prepare the statement.

## Parameters

parameter

  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.

value

  The value to bind to the parameter.

data_type

  Explicit data type for the parameter using the PDO::PARAM_* constants.

## Examples

Example 1. Execute a prepared statement with named placeholders
`<?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->bindValue(':calories', $calories, PDO::PARAM_INT); $sth->bindValue(':colour', $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR); $sth->execute(); ?>`

Example 2. Execute a prepared statement with question mark placeholders
`<?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->bindValue(1, $calories, PDO::PARAM_INT); $sth->bindValue(2, $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR); $sth->execute(); ?>`

## See Also

PDO::prepare()
PDOStatement::execute()
PDOStatement::bindParam()

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