The mysqli API
<?php
// normal query
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", $user, $passwd);
$rc = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
// prepare select, bind, execute, fetch, close
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "SELECT col1, col2 from my_table");
mysqli_bind_result($stmt, &$c1, &$c2);
mysqli_execute($stmt);
mysqli_fetch($stmt);
$test = array($c1,$c2);
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
mysqli_close($link);
?>
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