Stored Procedures, MySQL and PHP

Question

The question is a fairly open one. I\'ve been using Stored Procs with MS SQLServer for some time with classic ASP and ASP.net and love them, lots.

I have a small hob

Answer 1

You'll need to use MySQLI (MySQL Improved Extension) to call stored procedures. Here's how you would call an SP:

$mysqli = new MySQLI(user,pass,db);

$result = $mysqli->query("CALL sp_mysp()");

When using SPs you'll need close first resultset or you'll receive an error. Here's some more information :

http://blog.rvdavid.net/using-stored-procedures-mysqli-in-php-5/ (broken link)

Alternatively, you can use Prepared Statements, which I find very straight-forward:

  $stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT Phone FROM MyTable WHERE Name=?");

  $stmt->bind_param("s", $myName);

  $stmt->execute();

MySQLI Documentation: http://no.php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php