mysqli, prepare and fetch_row

Hello, I have a small piece of code where I'm trying to use mysqli with a prepare-statement. I don't want to bind variables for the fetch, instead I want to use something like list($question) = $stmt->fetch_row(); And this fetch_row should exist according to the documentation. But while mysqli_query returns a result-handle, mysqli_prepare does not. So where do I get it from? $stmt = $mysqli->prepare("select question from faq_article where id = ?"); $stmt->bind_param("i", $_REQUEST["id"]); $result = $stmt->execute(); print_r($result); returns "1" but not a result-handle. list($question) = $stmt->fetch_row(); doesn't work also, the error message says, that there is no function fetch_row in a statement handle. Thats correct, but how do I get a result-handle? Regards Marten