PDO LIMIT and OFFSET [duplicate]

Answer 1

$dbh->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false );

will let you bind variables without being bothered of them type

Answer 2

I found the answer!

$statement->bindValue(':sta1', (int) $start, PDO::PARAM_INT); 

does work

Answer 3

Edit: Fixed

$statement = $conn->prepare("SELECT id,username FROM public2 WHERE username = :name LIMIT :limit OFFSET :offset");
$name = "Lei Lei";
$statement->bindValue(':name', $name);
$statement->bindValue(':limit', (int) $start, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$statement->bindValue(':offset', (int) $per_page, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$statement->execute();