I found the following code on php.net. I'm trying to write a wrapper for the MySQLi library to make things incredibly simple. If this is going to slow down performance, I'll skip it and find another way, if this works, then I'll do that.

I have a single query function, if someone passes in more than one variable, I assume the function has to be prepared. The function that I would use to pass in an array to mysqli_stmt_bind_param is call_user_func_array, I have a feeling that is going to slow things down. Am I right?

<?php
/* just explaining how to call mysqli_stmt_bind_param with a parameter array */

$sql_link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world');
$type = "isssi";
$param = array("5", "File Description", "File Title", "Original Name", time());
$sql = "INSERT INTO file_detail (file_id, file_description, file_title, file_original_name, file_upload_date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
$sql_stmt = mysqli_prepare ($sql_link, $sql);
call_user_func_array('mysqli_stmt_bind_param', array_merge (array($sql_stmt, $type), $param);
mysqli_stmt_execute($sql_stmt);
?>