PHP PDO with Microsoft SQL Server: Prepare Statement issues? - php

Question

I am fairly new to PDO. I am trying to run a query(Microsoft Sql Server). Eventually i am going to add more fields after WHERE.
$complex = 'Shipping';
$username= 'username';
$password = 'password';
try {
$conn = new PDO('sqlsrv:Server=server,1433;Database=dbname', $username, $password);
$query = "SELECT DATA FROM TrimTable WHERE COMPLEX LIKE ?";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($query, array($complex));
$stmt->execute();
while($row = $stmt->fetch())
{
echo "$row\n";
}
} catch(PDOException $e) {
echo 'ERROR: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
I keep getting this error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function execute() on a non-object in
What am i doing wrong?
UPDATE
I tried this as well:
try {
$conn = new PDO('sqlsrv:Server=mzrefd39,1433;Database=ger_mapv', $username, $password);
$sth = $conn->prepare("SELECT AREA FROM TrimTable WHERE COMPLEX LIKE ?");
$sth->execute(array($complex));
$data = $sth->fetchAll();
print_r($data);
}
In my page i get Array( ). I am not getting any values?

Answer 1

You can use bindParam() before execute, Try this code
$conn = new PDO('sqlsrv:Server=server,1433;Database=dbname', $username, $password);
$query = "SELECT DATA FROM TrimTable WHERE COMPLEX LIKE ?";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($query); // check $complex is removed from this line
$stmt->bindParam(1, $complex);
$stmt->execute();
Use bindParam(); for condition to execute query for conditions