"mysqli get_result alternative" Code Answer

Here is a neater solution based on the same principle:

function get_result( $Statement ) {
    $RESULT = array();
    $Statement->store_result();
    for ( $i = 0; $i < $Statement->num_rows; $i++ ) {
        $Metadata = $Statement->result_metadata();
        $PARAMS = array();
        while ( $Field = $Metadata->fetch_field() ) {
            $PARAMS[] = &$RESULT[ $i ][ $Field->name ];
        }
        call_user_func_array( array( $Statement, 'bind_result' ), $PARAMS );
        $Statement->fetch();
    }
    return $RESULT;
}

With mysqlnd you would normally do:

$Statement = $Database->prepare( 'SELECT x FROM y WHERE z = ?' );
$Statement->bind_param( 's', $z );
$Statement->execute();
$Result = $Statement->get_result();
while ( $DATA = $Result->fetch_array() ) {
    // Do stuff with the data
}

And without mysqlnd:

$Statement = $Database->prepare( 'SELECT x FROM y WHERE z = ?' );
$Statement->bind_param( 's', $z );
$Statement->execute();
$RESULT = get_result( $Statement );
while ( $DATA = array_shift( $RESULT ) ) {
    // Do stuff with the data
}

So the usage and syntax are almost identical. The main difference is that the replacement function returns a result array, rather than a result object.