title: PDO BindParam short cut?
body: <p>I'm new to using PDO but I'm kinda confused using the bindParam function. Is it possible to avoid using the bindParam? If not - why?</p>
  
  <p>I'm using a stored procedure like so</p>
  
  <pre><code>$e = 'example@g.com';
  $p = 'pass123';
  $stmt = $dbh-&gt;prepare("CALL GetUserByEmail($e, $p) );
  $stmt-&gt;execute();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I then want to check the result table for how many results there are.. why I'm also not sure how to do - I'm used to using the mysqli_ functions. Thanks!</p>