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Justin
Justin

Reputation: 135

Select data from one table and inserts it into an existing table using PHP

I am trying to select data from one table and insert it into an existing table using PHP.

While i understand that i could just collect the results into an array and then re-inject them into the correct table this seems inefficient. I must be able to just copy the requested query into a table of my choosing.

Any guidence would be much appreciated. Below is how i would put data into an array.

<?php
header("Cache-Control: no-cache");
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

// open DB connection
require_once("DbConnect.php");

// fetch playlist
$result = $db->query(
    "SELECT `artist`, `title`, `label`, `albumyear`, `date_played`, `duration`, `picture` "
   ."FROM historylist  ORDER BY `date_played` DESC LIMIT 5 ");

// put into array
while ($row=$result->fetch_object()) $list[] = $row;



?>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 67

Answers (1)

Sergio Flores
Sergio Flores

Reputation: 5427

As @tkausl says, if you are working with the same database, you can insert the result into the desired table with the same query.

<?php
header("Cache-Control: no-cache");
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

// open DB connection
require_once("DbConnect.php");

// fetch playlist
$result = $db->query(
    "INSERT INTO my_table(`artist`, `title`, `label`, `albumyear`, `date_played`, `duration`, `picture`)" .
    "SELECT `artist`, `title`, `label`, `albumyear`, `date_played`, `duration`, `picture` " .
    "FROM historylist  ORDER BY `date_played` DESC LIMIT 5 ");

Upvotes: 1

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