Possible to use multiple/nested MySQLi statements?

Question

Is it possible to have a MySQLi prepared statement within the fetch() call of a previous statement? If not, what's the best way around it?

Example code:

if($stmt = $link->prepare("SELECT item FROM data WHERE id = ?")) {
    $stmt->bind_param("i", $id);
    $stmt->execute();
    $stmt->bind_result($item);
    while( $stmt->fetch() ) {
        /* Other code here */
        $itemSummary = $item + $magic;
        if($stmt2 = $link->prepare("INSERT INTO summaries (itemID, summary) VALUES (?, ?)")) {
            $stmt2->bind_param("is", $itemID, $itemSummary);
            $stmt2->execute();
            $stmt2->close();
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You should be able to do that, although you make have to start a second connection.

Answer 2

This is the single connection way:

if($stmt = $link->prepare("SELECT item FROM data WHERE id = ?")) {
    $stmt->bind_param("i", $id);
    $stmt->execute();
    $stmt->store_result(); // <-- this
    $stmt->bind_result($item);
    while( $stmt->fetch() ) {
        /* Other code here */
        $itemSummary = $item + $magic;
        if($stmt2 = $link->prepare("INSERT INTO summaries (itemID, summary) VALUES (?, ?)")) {
            $stmt2->bind_param("is", $itemID, $itemSummary);
            $stmt2->execute();
            $stmt2->store_result(); // <-- this
            /*DO WHATEVER WITH STMT2*/
            $stmt2->close();
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

Or use store_result.