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PDOStatement::bindParam versus PDOStatement::bindValue
mtarroyo replied to ravinggenius's topic in PHP Coding Help
If you use PDOStatement::bindParam() to replace the parameter marks, the variables are passed by reference and if there are any return value, they will fill the variables. So, you can pass only variable containers. Like this: $stmt->bindParam(1, $name); Because strings cannot be passed by reference. Using PDOStatement::bindValue() the values are not passed by reference and you can do things like that: $stmt->bindValue(1, 'Mario');