what is a prepared statement in mysql code example

Example: sql repare php

$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "myDB";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

if ($conn->connect_error) {
  die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email) VALUES (?, ?, ?)");
$stmt->bind_param("sss", $firstname, $lastname, $email);

$firstname = "John";
$lastname = "Doe";
$email = "[email protected]";
$stmt->execute();

echo "New records created successfully";

$stmt->close();
$conn->close();