From 1d7a50709ebbeb6cfd598c9be91da310ff9f9786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twotalesanimation <80506065+twotalesanimation@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 09:37:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: blog.php bind_param() reference error

- Moved variable assignment outside of bind_param()
- Line 46: Changed bind_param("s", $status = 'published') to separate assignment
- Fixes: "mysqli_stmt::bind_param(): Argument #2 cannot be passed by reference"
- bind_param() requires variables by reference, not inline assignments
---
 blog.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/blog.php b/blog.php
index 53e1c094..ef5bfe76 100644
--- a/blog.php
+++ b/blog.php
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ include_once('header.php') ?>
             <div class="col-lg-8">
                 <?php
                 // Query to retrieve data from blogs table
+                $status = 'published';
                 $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT blog_id, title, date, category, image, description, author, members_only, link FROM blogs WHERE status = ? ORDER BY date DESC");
-                $stmt->bind_param("s", $status = 'published');
+                $stmt->bind_param("s", $status);
                 $stmt->execute();
                 $result = $stmt->get_result();