Prepared statement keeps false

Question

I'm working on a prepared statement that continuously returns false.

$db = dblogin();
$stmt = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO `tor_request` `name`,`sdate`,`edate,`reason`,`comment` VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)");

echo var_export($stmt,true);
//$stmt->bind_param('siiss',$_POST['name'],$_POST['sdate'],$_POST['edate'],$_POST['reason'],$_POST['comment']);
//$result = $stmt->execute();

The dblogin works everywhere, and it has been EXTENSIVELY tested. I just can not find the error in this one statement. It keeps returning false over and over and over. I've commented out the bind_param and the $result because I can't get past the prepare. It's not an Object. Any ideas? Been stuck at this one line for HOURS

Answer 1

You are not wrapping your columns inside brackets, plus you're missing a backtick around edate

$db = dblogin();
$stmt = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO `tor_request` (`name`,`sdate`,`edate`,`reason`,`comment`) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)");

echo var_export($stmt,true);

Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) which will help during production testing.

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);

Error reporting related links:

• http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-driver.report-mode.php
• http://www.php.net/mysqli_error

Answer 2

"INSERT INTO `tor_request` (`name`,`sdate`,`edate`,`reason`,`comment`) 
VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)"

PS: Named parameters are so much easier to read. The more text you have THE BETTER.

"INSERT INTO `tor_request` (`name`,`sdate`,`edate`,`reason`,`comment`) 
VALUES (:name,:startDate,:endDate,:reason,:comment)"