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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Using Relational Tables Using a Prepared Statement

Thomas Morling
Thomas Morling
12,754 Points
Posted by Thomas Morling
Thomas Morling
12,754 Points

PDO prepared statement. I am stumped on member_id single argument. What is being asked?

<?php function get_member() { include("connection.php");

try {
  $results = $db->prepare(
      "SELECT member_id, email, fullname, level
      FROM members WHERE member_id = ?"
  );

  $results->bind_param('s', $member_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
  $results->execute();

} catch (Exception $e) {
  echo "bad query";
}

$members = $results->fetchAll();
return $members;

}

index.php 
<?php
function get_member() {
    include("connection.php");

    try {
      $results = $db->prepare(
          "SELECT member_id, email, fullname, level
          FROM members WHERE member_id = ?"
      );

      $results->bind_param('s', $member_id);
      $results->execute();

    } catch (Exception $e) {
      echo "bad query";
    }

    $members = $results->fetchAll();
    return $members;
}

1 Answer

Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points

I believe this quiz is simply asking on Challenge 1 of 3 to make sure that the function receives a variable as an argument before it can be executed. A lot of times the quizzes seem like that want more than they really do, so try just adding the single argument to the function --- Meaning ---

function get_member($member_id) {
///code
}
Thomas Morling
Thomas Morling
12,754 Points
Thomas Morling
Thomas Morling
12,754 Points

Wow! That was it! Thank you very much!! I definitely was over thinking this one!