Prepared statements & select, 0 rows found - php

Question

Alright so my problem is simple, Im trying to get results from a query but it always returns that there are no users registered with the username.
<?php
require "assembly/oop/sql_classbuild.php";
class player {
private $name;
private $age;
private $gender;
private $location;
public function createNew($name, $age, $gender, $location) {
$conni = new sql();
$conn = $conni->connect();
$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO players (name, age, gender, location) VALUES (?,?,?,?)");
$stmt->bind_param("siss", $name, $age, $gender, $location);
$this->name = $name;
$this->age = $age;
$this->gender = $gender;
$this->location = $location;
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->close();
$conn->close();
}
public function isRegistered($name) { //problematic code
$conni = new sql();
$conn = $conni->connect();
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT name FROM players WHERE name=?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $name);
$stmt->execute();
if($stmt->num_rows >= 1) { //if there is a registered member
$stmt->close();
$conn->close();
return true;
}
else {
$stmt->close();
$conn->close();
return false;
}
}
}
?>
Now I also tried to print num_rows but it just returns 0 as if there are no results inside the DB.
The usage is quite simple
if($player->isRegistered("Test") == true) {
echo "Hello";
}
else {
echo "Non-existing user";
}
SQL screenshot
http://imgur.com/a/TXqiJ
Also this is the sql class pastebin.com/Evg13CUc

Answer 1

The problem was resolved.
I used $stmt->store_result(); which somehow worked out and it gave me the good results.