> this: > > $q=mysqli_query($db_billing,'INSERT INTO billing (clientFname, > clientLname) VALUES (?,?)', array($defaultsFormVars[clientFname], > $defaultsFormVars[clientLname])); > > is giving > Warning: mysqli::query() expects parameter 2 to be long, array given > in /home/meee/public_html/somedir/test.php on line 71 > > a "long"?! We need values for 2 text/BLOB columns.. an array seems > appropriate to me. It was with PEAR DB. WHy is it asking for a long? > > it was working fine with PEAR DB before I turned that off to try and > learn better what was under PEAR. > I found > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/insert.html > but there is no example of using placeholders there, so I can't > determine how to alter this example (which I learned from a book that > just breezes through with only the one quick PEAR DB example.) > > If someone can even just point me to the right docs for this, I'd be > grateful. > thanks! http://uk.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.query.php (Almost) all php functions are documented on the web site. So it would be the best place to start looking. You are mixing up several different methodologies in the example you show. More generally for MySQLi start here: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php It has links to the appropriate function references for the MySQL Improved interface. > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Niel Archer niel.archer (at) blueyonder.co.uk -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
