PDOStatement::bindParam

Binds a parameter to the specified variable name

Binds a PHP variable to a corresponding named or question mark placeholder in the SQL statement that was used to prepare the statement. Unlike PDOStatement::bindValue, the variable is bound as a reference and will only be evaluated at the time that PDOStatement::execute is called.

Signature

public function bindParam(
        $parameter,
            
        $variable,
            int
        $data_type,
            int
        $length,
            
        $driver_options )

Parameters

$parameter —
$variable —
$data_type — int
$length — int
$driver_options —

Returns

bool