Those wanting to map the 'type' field in this function for use in mysqli_stmt_bind_param or to cannibalize it for their own mapping may find this function useful.
function map_field_type_to_bind_type($field_type)
{
switch ($field_type)
{
case MYSQLI_TYPE_DECIMAL:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_FLOAT:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_DOUBLE:
return 'd';
case MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_SHORT:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_LONG:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_LONGLONG:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_INT24:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_YEAR:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_ENUM:
return 'i';
case MYSQLI_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_DATE:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_TIME:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_DATETIME:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDATE:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_INTERVAL:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_SET:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_STRING:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_CHAR:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
return 's';
case MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY_BLOB:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_LONG_BLOB:
case MYSQLI_TYPE_BLOB:
return 'b';
default:
trigger_error("unknown type: $field_type");
return 's';
}
}