$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE name = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $_POST['name']);
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result();
if($result->num_rows === 0) exit('No rows');
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
  //do some stuff
}
var_export($ages);
$stmt->close();