php - bind_param inside foreach() not correctly passing - php

Question

I'm sure this is a duplicate, but I've tried several different things on the site here and none of them are working for me. I'm calling my function in php, sending $mysqli connection, the $clientID, and the array of $tagFields to upload.
It's 'working', but the values are always null. I've put echo "$tagName" inside the foreach, and it's reading it, but not sending it up to the database. $clientID, however, IS passing information. So basically all it does is upload consistently blank rows into my database. What am I doing wrong here?
function tagRefresh($mysqli,$clientID,$tagFields) {
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
$query = "INSERT INTO client_tags (client_id,tag_category) VALUES (?,?) ";
$stmt->prepare($query);
foreach($tagFields as $tagName) {
$stmt->bind_param('is',$clientID,$tagName);
$stmt->execute();
}
}
some sample values for $tagFields:
$tagFields[0] = "Regional";$tagFields[1] = "Automotive";$tagFields[2] = "Maintenance";

Answer 1

Note mysqli_stmt::bind_param bind the reference of the variables.
Try the below:
function tagRefresh($mysqli,$clientID,$tagFields) {
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
$query = "INSERT INTO client_tags (client_id,tag_category) VALUES (?,?) ";
$stmt->prepare($query);
$stmt->bind_param('is', $clientID, $tagName);
foreach($tagFields as $tagName) {
$stmt->execute();
}
}

Answer 2

execute() shouldn't be situated inside the foreach.

Answer 3

Among with a myriad of problems associated with the database (including the client_id being the primary key), I've rebuilt the formula like this:
function tagRefresh($mysqli,$clientID,$tagFields) {
$query = "DELETE FROM client_tags WHERE client_id = '" . $clientID . "'"; //we have to delete the old ones every time
if(!$mysqli->query($query)) {
echo $mysqli->error;
}
if($tagFields != '') { //see if data was sent
$tags = array();
foreach($tagFields as $tag) {
$tags[] = "('" . (int) $clientID . "', '" . $tag ."')"; //build an array
}
$query = "INSERT INTO client_tags (client_id,tag) VALUES " . implode(',', $tags) . " ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE client_id = " . $clientID;
if(!$mysqli->query($query)) {
echo $mysqli->error; //drop errors, will attach this later
}
}
}
This formats to something like this:
INSERT INTO client_tags (client_id,tag) VALUES ('1234','mechanical'),('1234','regional'),('1234','service') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE client_id = '1234';
The ON DUPLICATE part is important because for some reason the client_id is set to primary key. I'm gonna have to talk to the app guys and see if this matters to them.
Unfortunately, bind_param isn't being used, but this is a admin panel access only for company employees only, and now that this is working I'm giving them autocomplete boxes to reference existing values.