Bind_param Non-Object Error w/ mysqli

Question

When attempting to insert the initial row for a table that will track daily views, I am getting the error:

Fatal error: Call to a mem

Answer 1

The problem was user error: I had the name of the result column wrong.

This was uncovered when I added echo $mysqli->error; after the line $stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sqlquery); which revealed the column-name error.