Question

I have a 1 dimensional array of strings ($answers). I want to store each string as a new record a long with an itemId (the same itemId for each answer) into my table “answers_tb”.

I have tried…..

using a foreach to construct a new array 2 dimensional array, with the $answers array and the itemID and then imploding this new array into my query.

not working.

i get this error:

Column count doesn't match value count at row 1

here is my code:

$records = array();

foreach($answers as $item_id => $text_value) {
$records[] = '("' . $item_id . '","' . $text_value . '")';
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO answers_tb (item_id, text_value) VALUES('" . implode(',', $records)." ')";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

many thanks for getting this far, even if you cant help.

regards,

Answer 1

This should work:

$records = array ();
$itemid = 3; // or any arbitrary value

foreach ($answers as $text_value) {
    $records[] = '("' . $itemid . '","' . $text_value . '")';
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO answers_tb (item_id, text_value) VALUES " . implode(',', $records);
mysql_query ($sql)
    or die (mysql_error ());

With your current solution you create a query like:

INSERT INTO answers_tb (item_id, text_value) VALUES (('1', 'asd'),('2', 'bsd'))

It shoould look like:

INSERT INTO answers_tb (item_id, text_value) VALUES ('1', 'asd'),('2', 'bsd')

So you don’t need the extra parens.