MySQL retrieve variable from Stored Procedure in PHP PDO

Question

I\'ve seen this question asked a load of times, but they\'re all really long, and I just can\'t get my head around what they\'re doing ... So, could someone tell me how to g

Answer 1

It turns out that this is a bug that has been going on for a long time... since 2005!

Here is the original bug report: 2005 through to 2013. And here is the new bug report: From 2013 to the present.

There are various approaches to getting the answer returned, I found one of them and demonstrate it...

The 'trick' is that to get the output from a 'mysql' procedure. It is a 'two stage' process.

• The first part is to run the procedure with your inputs, and also tell it what MYSQL variables to store the result in.

• Then, you run a separate query to 'select' those 'mysql' variables.

It is described quite clearly here: php-calling-mysql-stored-procedures

Update (Jan 2017):

Here is an example showing the use of variables for 'IN', 'INOUT' and 'OUT' Mysql procedure parameters.

Before we start here are some tips:

• When developing: Run PDO in 'emulates mode' as it is more reliable at determining errors in the procedure call.
• Only bind PHP variables to the procedure 'IN' parameters.

You will get some really odd runtime errors when you try binding variables to INOUT and OUT parameters.

As usual I tend to provide rather more comments than are required ;-/

Runtime Environment (XAMPP):

• PHP: 5.4.4
• Mysql: 5.5.16

Source Code:

• SQL Procedure
• PHP with output

SQL Code:

CREATE PROCEDURE `demoSpInOutSqlVars`(IN     pInput_Param  INT, /* PHP Variable will bind to this*/   
                                      /* --- */  
                                      INOUT  pInOut_Param  INT, /* contains name of the SQL User variable that will be read and set by mysql */
                                      OUT    pOut_Param    INT) /* contains name of the SQL User variable that will be set by mysql */
BEGIN
    /*
     * Pass the full names of SQL User Variable for these parameters. e.g. '@varInOutParam'
     * These 'SQL user variables names' are the variables that Mysql will use for:
     *    1) finding values
     *    2) storing results
     *
     * It is similar to 'variable variables' in PHP.  
     */
     SET pInOut_Param      := ABS(pInput_Param) + ABS(pInOut_Param); /* always positive sum  */
     SET pOut_Param        := ABS(pInput_Param) * -3;                /* always negative * 3  */ 
END$$

PHP Code:

DB Connection:

$db = appDIC('getDbConnection', 'default'); // get the default db connection
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, true);    
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE, PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

Note: The output is the same with EMULATE_PREPARES = false.

Set all PHP Variables that will be used:

$phpInParam     = 5;                  
$phpInOutParam  = 404;          /* PHP InOut variable  ==> read and should be changed  */
$phpOutParam    = null;         /* PHP Out   variable  ==> should be changed           */

Define and Prepare the SQL procedure call:

$sql = "call demoSpInOut(:phpInParam, 
                         @varInOutParam, /* mysql variable name will be read and updated */
                         @varOutParam)"; /* mysql variable name that will be written to  */

$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);

Bind PHP Variables and Set SQL Variables:

• 1) bind the PHP variables

  $stmt->bindParam(':phpInParam', $phpInParam, PDO::PARAM_INT);

• 2) Set the SQL User INOUT variables

  $db->exec("SET @varInOutParam = $phpInOutParam"); // This is safe as it just sets the value into the MySql variable.

Execute the procedure:

$allOk = $stmt->execute();

Get the SQL Variables into the PHP variables:

$sql = "SELECT @varInOutParam AS phpInOutParam,
               @varOutParam   AS phpOutParam
        FROM dual";
$results = current($db->query($sql)->fetchAll());

$phpInOutParam = $results['phpInOutParam'];
$phpOutParam   = $results['phpOutParam'];

Note: maybe not the best way ;-/

Display the PHP variables

"$phpInParam:"     => "5"
"$phpInOutParam:"  => "409"
"$phpOutParam:"    => "-15"

Answer 2

let me preface this by saying it's a guess, as I NEVER use prepared statements...

typically you don't bind your return val, you do this

$status = $statement->execute(  );

$resultArray = $statement->fetchAll( );
$statement->closeCursor( );
if (!is_array($resultArray)) {
    return array();
}
return $resultArray[0]['returnid'];

take it with a grain of salt...