src/core/framework/core/3rdparty/ezcomponents/Database/src/sqlabstraction/query.php
public function prepare()
    {
        $stmt = $this->db->prepare( $this->getQuery() );
        $this->doBind( $stmt );
        return $stmt;
    }
public function prepare()
    {
        $stmt = $this->db->prepare( $this->getQuery() );
        $this->doBind( $stmt );
        return $stmt;
    }
public function prepare ( ) { $ stmt = $ this -> db -> prepare ( $ this -> getQuery ( ) ) ; $ this -> doBind ( $ stmt ) ; return $ stmt ; }
Returns a prepared statement from this query which can be used for execution.

The returned object is a PDOStatement for which you can find extensive
documentation in the PHP manual:
{@link http://php.net/pdostatement-bindcolumn}

prepare() automatically calls doBind() on the statement.
@return PDOStatement
Returns a prepared statement from this query which can be used for execution .