Using placeholder without pass by reference in MySqli

?Could be a silly question, but i can't find a method to use placeholder (MySqli) without passing by reference (bind_param) or receive by reference (bind_result)? is that right? I really hate use reference becouse in large program is common create a circular reference, even in multiple query with same data i lost the information after first query so i need to clean an refill at every step. I prefer functions like MySql or DBI. Do you think it will be implemented, function like param, param_array, fetch_assoc, fetch_all_assoc, etc. where is the correct place to ask for this method? here? Thank for your advice