INSERT into DB table with PDO prepare and bindParam

Question

In simple terms can someone explain what I am doing wrong here - I am simply trying to insert into a db with with prepare and bindParam, this is inserting 0 and Null into al

Answer 1

$sql = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO db_fruit (`id`, `type`, `colour`) VALUES (:id, :name, :colour)");
$sql->bindParam(':id', $newId, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$sql->bindParam(':type', $type, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$sql->bindParam(':colour', $colour, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$sql->execute();