PHP SQL Update array

Question

I originally was satisfied with the following in order to update row 1 and row 2 to the same value (status=1)

if ($_POST){
    $sql =\"UPDATE table SET  status =         


        

Answer 1

If yow want the status to be equal to the id, do this (single query):

UPDATE table SET status=id WHERE id IN (1,2,3);

Of course you can use some math, like:

UPDATE table SET status=(id+1)*2 WHERE id IN (1,2,3);