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<h1 class="refname">SQLite3::prepare</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SQLite3::prepare</span> — <span class="dc-title">Prepares an SQL statement for execution</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.sqlite3stmt.html" class="type SQLite3Stmt">SQLite3Stmt</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SQLite3::prepare</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
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Prepares an SQL statement for execution and returns an <a href="class.sqlite3stmt.html" class="classname">SQLite3Stmt</a> object.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-sqlite3.prepare-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">query</code></em></span>
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The SQL query to prepare.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-sqlite3.prepare-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns an <a href="class.sqlite3stmt.html" class="classname">SQLite3Stmt</a> object on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>SQLite3::prepare()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />unlink</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysqlitedb.db'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SQLite3</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysqlitedb.db'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'CREATE TABLE foo (id INTEGER, bar STRING)'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"INSERT INTO foo (id, bar) VALUES (1, 'This is a test')"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">prepare</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SELECT bar FROM foo WHERE id=:id'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">bindValue</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">':id'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SQLITE3_INTEGER</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetchArray</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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