Inserting a multi-dimensional php array into a mysql database

Question

I have an array from a csv with a similar structure to this:

$array = array(
    array(\'name\', \'age\', \'gender\'),
    array(\'Ian\', 24, \'male\'),
    a         


        

Answer 1

Assuming that the value in the array are TRUSTED and SECURE.

$count = count($array);
$keys = $array[0];

for($i = 1; $i < $count; $i++)
{
   $query = "INSERT INTO tablename (" . implode(",", $keys) . ") VALUES ('" . implode ("','", $array[$i]) . "');";
   $query = str_replace(',)', ')', $query);
   mysql_query($query);
}

Answer 2

$fields = implode(',', array_shift($array)); // take the field names off the start of the array

$data = array()
foreach($array as $row) {
    $name = mysql_real_escape_string($row[0]);
    $age = (int) $row[1];
    $gender = mysql_real_escape_string($row[2]);
    $data[] = "('$name', $age, '$gender')";
}

$values = implode(',', $data);

$sql = "INSERT INTO yourtable ($fields) VALUES $values";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

That should produce a query string like:

INSERT INTO yourtable (name, age, gender) VALUES ('Ian', 24, 'male'), ('Janice', 21, 'female'), etc....