Passing an array to a query using a WHERE clause

Question

Given an array of ids $galleries = array(1,2,5) I want to have a SQL query that uses the values of the array in its WHERE clause like:

Answer 1

Safe way without PDO:

$ids = array_filter(array_unique(array_map('intval', (array)$ids)));

if ($ids) {
    $query = 'SELECT * FROM `galleries` WHERE `id` IN ('.implode(',', $ids).');';
}

• (array)$ids Cast $ids variable to array
• array_map Transform all array values into integers
• array_unique Remove repeated values
• array_filter Remove zero values
• implode Join all values to IN selection