CollectionFind::bind

Bind value to query placeholder

&reftitle.description; public `mysql_xdevapi\CollectionFind` `mysql_xdevapi\CollectionFind::bind` `array` `placeholder_values`

It allows the user to bind a parameter to the placeholder in the search condition of the find operation. The placeholder has the form of :NAME where ':' is a common prefix that must always exists before any NAME, NAME is the actual name of the placeholder. The bind function accepts a list of placeholders if multiple entities have to be substituted in the search condition.

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`placeholder_values`

- Values to substitute in the search condition; multiple values are allowed and are passed as an array where "PLACEHOLDER_NAME => PLACEHOLDER_VALUE".

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A CollectionFind object, or chain with execute() to return a Result object.

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### `mysql_xdevapi\CollectionFind::bind` example

    <?php
    $session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@localhost");
    $session->sql("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS addressbook")->execute();
    $session->sql("CREATE DATABASE addressbook")->execute();

    $schema = $session->getSchema("addressbook");
    $create = $schema->createCollection("people");
    $result = $create
      ->add('{"name": "Alfred", "age": 18, "job": "Butler"}')
      ->execute();

    // ...

    $collection = $schema->getCollection("people");

    $result = $collection
      ->find('job like :job and age > :age')
      ->bind(['job' => 'Butler', 'age' => 16])
      ->execute();

    var_dump($result->fetchAll());
    ?>

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    array(1) {
      [0]=>
      array(4) {
        ["_id"]=>
        string(28) "00005b6b536100000000000000cf"
        ["age"]=>
        int(18)
        ["job"]=>
        string(6) "Butler"
        ["name"]=>
        string(6) "Alfred"
      }
    }