INSERT IGNORE using Codeigniter

Question

I am trying to insert a few rows into the MySQL table using Codeigniter and Active Records.

PHP Code

$data = array(\'......\');  //          


        

Answer 1

For batch uploads you might need something more like:

foreach ($data as $data_item) {
    $insert_query = $this->db->insert_string('my_table', $data_item);
    $insert_query = str_replace('INSERT INTO', 'INSERT IGNORE INTO', $insert_query);
    $this->db->query($insert_query);
}

UPDATE: Use dcostalis's version (in the comments below this one), it will scale much better :-)