What is a simple solution for dynamic mysqli bind_param arguments in PHP?

Question

To build a bind_param dynamically, I have found this on other SO posts.

call_user_func_array(array(&$stmt, \'bindparams\'), $array_of_params);
         


        

Answer 1

array($stmt, 'bindparams') 

is PHP's way of identifying method bind_params on the object $stmt, since PHP 5 you don't need to use the & in front any longer (and mysqli is PHP 5 so this looks like a glitch in the older post).

you can see a similar example here

so

call_user_func_array(array($stmt, 'bindparams'), $array_of_params);

basically means

$stmt->bind_params($array_of_params[0], $array_of_params[1] ... $array_of_params[N])