Question

I have a string of IDs separated with comma

$myIDs = 22,23,45,895;

How do I write a query to return records for values that correspond to the IDs in my string?
This does not seem to be right:

SELECT *
FROM t1
WHERE itemID IN ($myIDs)

I guess I’m trying PHP array function here, hah? Is there something like this in mySQL?

Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.

Answer 1

$IDs = array(1,2,3,4,5);
// alternatively, you can write it like this...
// $IDs = "1,2,3,4,5";

if(is_array($IDs))
    $IDs = implode(",",$IDs);

$query = "SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE itemID IN ($IDs)";
echo $query;