Hulf wrote: > Begining using the php5 mysql functions and want to know what is the > point of preparing/binding the data before I insert it? > > $prep = $mysqli->prepare ("INSERT INTO cd (cdid,title,artist) VALUES > ('0',?,?)"); $prep->bind_param ('22',$title,$artist); It's a performance measure - by preparing sql statements, you save on the parsing and the network traffic. Unless you're doing lots of database transactions per second, I doubt if you'll notice it. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php