Initialize a statement and return an object to use with mysqli_stmt_prepare() in PHP

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<?php
    $con=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","test");
    // Check connection
    if (mysqli_connect_errno()){
        echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
    }

    $city="NewName";

    // Create a prepared statement
    $stmt=mysqli_stmt_init($con);

    if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt,"SELECT name FROM employee WHERE Name=?")){
         // Bind parameters
         mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt,"s",$city);

         // Execute query
         mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);

         // Bind result variables
         mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt,$district);

         // Fetch value
         mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt);

         printf("%s is in district %s",$city,$district);

         // Close statement
         mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
     }

     mysqli_close($con);
?>