Retrieving Stored Procedure Output Variables in PHP with PDO

Objective: Fetch the LAST_INSERT_ID() value from a MySQL stored procedure and assign it to a PHP variable.

Problem Statement

Despite the provided PHP code using PDO bindings, it fails to capture the LAST_INSERT_ID() output variable from the simpleProcedure stored procedure.

Explanation

Fetching output variables from MySQL stored procedures in PHP PDO involves a two-stage process:

1. Executing the stored procedure and assigning output variables to MySQL user variables.
2. Querying the MySQL user variables to retrieve their values into PHP variables.

Solution: Two-Stage Process

Stage 1: Executing the Procedure

$stmt = $db->prepare("CALL simpleProcedure(:name, @returnid)");
$stmt->bindValue(':name', $name, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindParam(':returnid', $returnid, PDO::PARAM_INT, 11, PDO::PARAM_INOUT);  // Note the PDO::PARAM_INOUT
$stmt->execute();

By binding the :returnid placeholder as INOUT, PDO will not only pass the PHP variable to the procedure but also update it with the output variable's value.

Stage 2: Retrieving the Output Variable

$sql = "SELECT @returnid AS output_id";
$result = $db->query($sql)->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

$lastInsertId = $result['output_id'];

Query the MySQL user variable @returnid to assign its value to the $lastInsertId PHP variable.

Note

Binding PHP variables to INOUT and OUT parameters for MySQL procedures can encounter runtime errors. It is recommended to only bind variables to IN parameters.