Prepared default query with result to prepared query with bindings - php

Question

I have a query that is working but is does not have binded values:
$this->_db->query("SELECT * from posts WHERE post_title LIKE '%$this->search_keywords%' OR post_content LIKE '%$this->search_keywords%' LIMIT 100");
$this->rows_results_found = $this->_db->resultset();
$this->results_found_num = sizeof($this->rows_results_found);
I am rewriting it to this one but with no luck:
$this->_db->query('SELECT * from posts WHERE post_title LIKE :search_keywords OR post_content LIKE :search_keywords LIMIT 100');
$this->_db->bind(':search_keywords', '%$this->search_keywords%');
$this->rows_results_found = $this->_db->resultset();
$this->results_found_num = sizeof($this->rows_results_found);
$this->results_found_num appears always to be an empty array.
This is what I have in the resultset() (It is from another outer class):
public function resultset() {
$this->execute();
return $this->stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}
What I am missing here?
Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Assuming you have a valid connection adjust your function to the following:
public function get_posts($conn) {
$query = 'SELECT *
FROM posts
WHERE post_title LIKE :search_keywords1 OR
post_content LIKE :search_keywords2 LIMIT 100';
$stmt = $conn->prepare($query);
$stmt->bindValue(':search_keywords1', '%'.$this->search_keywords.'%');
$stmt->bindValue(':search_keywords2', '%'.$this->search_keywords.'%');
$stmt->execute();
return $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}
Usage:
$posts = $this->_db->get_posts($conn);
//var_dump($post)
$this->rows_results_found = count($post);