Re: Prepared statement (php/mysqli) ...does it really make sense ?

[Zak Greant]

If you are only running a query once or twice, the only benefit is safety (as prepared statements are resistant to SQL injection attacks).

With prepared statements, you can only retrieve buffered result sets. With unbuffered result sets, the connection is tied up until you have completed retrieving result sets, which can be rough when there are many connections.