mysqli_stmt_init mysqli->stmt_init Initializes a statement and returns an object for use with mysqli_stmt_prepare Procedural style : mysqli_stmtmysqli_stmt_init mysqlilink Object oriented style (property): mysqli mysqli_stmtstmt_init Allocates and initializes a statement object suitable for mysqli_stmt_prepare. Any subsequent calls to any mysqli_stmt function will fail until mysqli_stmt_prepare was called. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns an object. &reftitle.seealso; mysqli_stmt_prepare.