php+mysql: insert a php array into mysql

Question

I have an array with 30000 plus entries that need to go into a MySQL table.

What is the best practice? From here? Lets say [0], [1] and [2] in the database would be

Answer 1

I would say just build it yourself. You can set it up like this:

$query = "INSERT INTO x (a,b,c) VALUES ";
foreach ($arr as $item) {
  $query .= "('".$item[0]."','".$item[1]."','".$item[2]."'),";
}
$query = rtrim($query,",");//remove the extra comma
//execute query

Don't forget to escape quotes if it's necessary.

Also, be careful that there's not too much data being sent at once. You may have to execute it in chunks instead of all at once.