prepare("INSERT INTO my_table (column1, column2) VALUES (:val1, :val2)"); $stmt->bindParam(':val1', $val1); $stmt->bindParam(':val2', $val2); $val1 = "value1"; $val2 = "value2"; $stmt->execute(); echo "Data inserted successfully"; ?>Both of these examples use different PHP libraries to connect to a MySQL database. Example 1 uses the mysqli library while Example 2 uses the PDO library. Depending on the specific use case, one library may be more suitable than the other.