PHP mysqli_stmt fetch() Method

The PHP mysqli_stmt::fetch() / mysqli_stmt_fetch() function is used to fetch the result from a prepared statement into the variables bound by mysqli_stmt_bind_result().

Note: All columns must be bound after mysqli_stmt_execute() and prior to calling mysqli_stmt_fetch().

Note: Data are transferred unbuffered without calling mysqli_stmt_store_result() which can decrease performance but reduces the memory cost.

Syntax

//Object-oriented style
public mysqli_stmt::fetch()

//Procedural style
mysqli_stmt_fetch(statement)

Parameters

statement Required. For procedural style only: Specify a mysqli_stmt object returned by mysqli_stmt_init().

Return Value

Returns the following:

true - Success. Data has been fetched.
false - Error occurred.
null - No more rows/data exists or data truncation occurred.

Example: Object-oriented style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_stmt::fetch() method.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: ". $mysqli->connect_error;
  exit();
}

//creating a prepared statement
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
$query = "SELECT EmpID, Name, Age FROM Employee ORDER BY Age";
$stmt->prepare($query);

//executing the SQL statement
$stmt->execute();

//binding variables to prepared statement
$stmt->bind_result($col1, $col2, $col3);

//fetching values
while ($stmt->fetch()) {
  printf("%s, %d\n", $col2, $col3);
}

//closing the connection
$mysqli->close();
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Marry, 23, 
Kim, 26
John, 27
Adam, 28

Example: Procedural style

The example below shows the usage of mysqli_stmt_fetch() function.

<?php
//establishing connection to the database
$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "password", "database");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: ". mysqli_connect_error();
  exit();
}

//creating a prepared statement
$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($mysqli);
$query = "SELECT EmpID, Name, Age FROM Employee ORDER BY Age";
mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $query);

//executing the SQL statement
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

//binding variables to prepared statement
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $col1, $col2, $col3);

//fetching values
while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {
  printf("%s, %d\n", $col2, $col3);
}

//closing the connection
mysqli_close($mysqli);
?>

The output of the above code will be similar to:

Marry, 23, 
Kim, 26
John, 27
Adam, 28

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