note 103885 added to mysqli.prepare

David Kramer and Codeguy are correct, and prwexler and Adam are misguided. The purpose of mysqli::prepare is to wrap up MySQL's prepared statement functionality, not to provide a superior query-writing interface. Here is a bit more detail on the subject, explaining what happens in the background when you use prepared statements: http://joshduff.com/270/why-you-should-not-be-using-mysqli-prepare ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 76.85.184.113 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.prepare.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103885 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103885 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103885 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php