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John Higgins
John Higgins

Reputation: 907

Insert form $_POST array into a MySQL database using mysqli

I have a $_POST array and I am trying to code an insert into a MySQL database without having to list through all the field names.

The array is a single row that needs to be inserted into the database.

The array looks like this:

Array
(
    [membership_type] => 4
    [title] => Mr
    [first_name] => John
    [last_name] => Smith
    [known_as] => John
    [address_1] => 10 High Street
    [address_2] => Big House
    [address_3] => Big Road
    [address_4] => Chipping Sodbury
    [address_5] => Bristol
    [post_code] => BS37 1AB
    [home_tel] => 01454 123456
    [mobile] => 07777 123456
    [email] => john@email.com
    [confirm_email] => john@email.com
    [day_dob] => 21
    [month_dob] => 09
    [year_dob] => 1974
    [volunteer] => on
    [employment_status] => employed
    [college_nus] => 
    [employment_address] => 50 Station Road
Chipping Sodbury
Bristol
BS37 2CD
    [occupation] => Managerial/Professional
    [employement_email] => john@work.com
    [employement_phone] => 01454 654321
    [terms] => 1
)

I have coded the form field names to correspond with the field names in the database for ease.

Many thanks,

John

Upvotes: 1

Views: 823

Answers (2)

user4486345
user4486345

Reputation:

you can use this method :

NOTE :i use PDO

first connect to DB like:

$connection = new PDO('mysql:host=' . yourHost . ';dbname=' . youDbName . ';charset=utf8', DBUser, Dbpass);

$data=$_POST;
  $bind = ':' . implode(',:', array_keys($data));
        $field = explode(",", $bind);
        $returnQuery = "INSERT INTO `tableName` (" . implode(",", array_keys($data)) . ") VALUES (" . $bind . ") ";
        $bind = $connection ->prepare($returnQuery);
        $bind->execute(array_combine($field, array_values($data)));

hope this help

Upvotes: 3

Pedro Lobito
Pedro Lobito

Reputation: 99061

You may need something like:

<?php
$query = "";
if(isset($_POST)){
    foreach( $_POST as $key => $val ) {
    $query .= " `$key`='$val', ";
    }
$query = preg_replace('/,$/', '', $query); // removes the last comma
}
//$query: `name`='pedro', `email`='stack@stack.com'

Upvotes: 0

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