PDO and MySQL 'between'

Question

I\'m trying to get PDO to work with a MySQL \'between\'. Below is my code:

$DBH = new PDO(\"mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname\", $user, $pass);  

$start_date          


        

Answer 1

Do not put quotes around params:

$STH = $DBH->prepare("SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `start_date` BETWEEN :start_date AND :end_date");

Answer 2

Don't wrap the values with single quote.

$STH = $DBH->prepare("SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `start_date` BETWEEN :start_date AND :end_date");