What is the equivalent of bind_result on PDO

Question

I\'m converting to PDO and Im using prepared statements, I want to bind my result as so $stmt->bind_result($email_count); so i am able to put this into an if

Answer 1

For people who come here seeking a literal answer.

Use bindColumn

PDOStatement::bindColumn — Bind a column to a PHP variable

using the example from the same source :

function readData($dbh) {
  $sql = 'SELECT name, colour, calories FROM fruit';
  try {
    $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
    $stmt->execute();

    /* Bind by column number */
    $stmt->bindColumn(1, $name);
    $stmt->bindColumn(2, $colour);

    /* Bind by column name */
    $stmt->bindColumn('calories', $cals);

    while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND)) {
      $data = $name . "\t" . $colour . "\t" . $cals . "\n";
      print $data;
    }
  }
  catch (PDOException $e) {
    print $e->getMessage();
  }
}
readData($dbh);