note 103885 deleted from mysqli.prepare by danbrown

Note Submitter: me at JoshDuff dot com ---- 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