hi im using mysqli and i saw some examples using placeholder like :something and ?
when i used ? its working, but when i used :something in query like this
$sql = INSERT INTO food(food_name) VALUES(:food_name)
then error showed up when i called
$mysqli_object->prepare($sql);
error message sounds like this
User Error! You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ':food_name)' at line
but when i used ? as the placeholder, everything working well, i used PHP 5.3.1 and MySQL 5.1.41
am i missed somewhere, any help will be appreciated thanks