PHP MySQL Insert Record from Array

PHP MySQL INSERT Records From an array

Insert a new record using the INSERT Statement.

Syntax

$student_record = array(
			 array("Peeou", "Zhou"),
			 array("Isabel", "Peom"),
			 array("Sophal", "Tang"),
			 array("Chong", "Mok"),
			 array("Ebo", "Kaun"));

for ($i = 0; $i < count($student_record); $i++) {
			// build a sql statement for insert
	$insert_sql = sprintf("INSERT INTO student 
               (first_name, last_name) 
		VALUES(\"%s\",\"%s\")", 
                 $student_record[$i][0], 
                 $student_record[$i][1]);
	// insert to the student table
	mysql_query($insert_sql, $connection) 
                                  or die(mysql_error($connection));
	echo "id: " . mysql_insert_id() . "<br/>"; // get insert id
}

Example 1

<?php

define('HOST', 'localhost');
define('USER', 'root');
define('PASS', 'yeething');
define('DBNAME', 'woowood');

$connection = mysql_connect(HOST, USER, PASS);

if (!$connection) {
	die("can not connect to the server!<br/>");
} else {

	$rdb = mysql_select_db(DBNAME);
	if (!$rdb) {
		die("The " . DBNAME . "database could not be selected");
	} else {
// student array
		$student_record = array(
			 array("Peeou", "Zhou"),
			 array("Isabel", "Peom"),
			 array("Sophal", "Tang"),
			 array("Chong", "Mok"),
			 array("Ebo", "Kaun"));

		for ($i = 0; $i < count($student_record); $i++) {
			// build a sql statement for insert
			$insert_sql = sprintf("INSERT INTO student (
                                    first_name, last_name) 
				      VALUES(\"%s\",\"%s\")", 
                                     $student_record[$i][0], 
                                     $student_record[$i][1]);
			// insert to the student table
			mysql_query($insert_sql, $connection) 
                                 or die(mysql_error($connection));
			echo "id: " . mysql_insert_id() . "<br/>"; // get insert id
		}
	}
}
mysql_close($connection);
?> 

Output

id: 6
id: 7
id: 8
id: 9
id: 10

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