odbc_prepare for procedure with datetime input parameters - php

Somewhat new to odbc_prepare statements and am having an issue when trying to execute a stored procedure that requires datetime input parameters.
If I am to execute using odbc without using the prepared statement as displayed below I have no issue...
$dblink = db_connect();
$query = "EXEC dbo.[ProcedureName] '" . $dateinput . "'";
odbc_exec($dblink, $query);
Using the odbc_prepare I'm getting an error (only for procedures with DateTime inputs parameters). Example below...
function execute_db($dblink, $query, $params){
$n = sizeof($params);
for($i=0; $i<$n; $i++){
if($i != 0){
$query = $query . ', ?';
}
else{
$query = $query . ' ?';
}
}
$statement = odbc_prepare($dblink, $query);
odbc_execute($statement, $params);
return $statement;
}
$dblink = db_connect();
$query = "EXEC dbo.[ProcedureName]";
$params = array($dateinput);
$result = execute_db($dblink, $query, $params);
This returns the following error:
Warning: odbc_execute(): SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server
Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification, SQL state 22005
in SQLExecute
The date string I'm passing in is in 'mm/dd/yyyy' format and works fine without using prepare. Is there a workaround for this other than changing the stored procedure's input type?

Use the proper ODBC syntax for calling a procedure and use the proper syntax for date times and it might get you further. The call syntax is {call procname(arguments)}. The datetime syntax is {ts ''} - see Date, Time, and Timestamp Escape Sequences and ODBC Datetime Format

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