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Amir Nikfar
Amir Nikfar

Reputation: 101

MySQL insert from a textarea to multiple rows

I have a simple form which is a textarea and I need to insert each lines in my textarea into a different rows in MySQL.

HTML code:

<html>
<form method="POST" action="insert.php">
<textarea name="url" rows="10" ></textarea>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter">
</form>
</html>

PHP Code:

<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '');
if (!$link) {
      die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('insert', $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
     die ('Can\'t use this database : ' . mysql_error());
}
$textarea = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['url']);
$array = explode("\n", $textarea);
$i=0;
$value = trim($array[$i]);
if (!empty($value)) {
     foreach ($array as $value) {
          mysql_query("INSERT INTO test (text) VALUES ('{$array[$i]}')") or       die(mysql_error());
          $i++;
     }
}
mysql_close($link);
?>

Currently I'll store textarea in ONE row when I submit my form. Could you please help me with that.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3646

Answers (2)

Andreas Huttenrauch
Andreas Huttenrauch

Reputation: 446

This should work:

$textarea = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['url']);
$array = explode("\n", $textarea);
foreach ($array as $value) {
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO test (text) VALUES ('".$value."')") or die(mysql_error());
}

Upvotes: 2

LatentDenis
LatentDenis

Reputation: 2991

Try this:

$text = trim($_POST['textareaname']);
$textAr = explode("\n", $text);
$textAr = array_filter($textAr, 'trim'); // remove any extra \r chars

foreach ($textAr as $line) {
    // Your sql Query here with $line as the string.
}

Upvotes: 3

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