Question

I have a string with tag names separated by comas ready for insertion into a MySQL table, for example:

$tags = " 'pigs','dogs','cats' "

I have a mySQL table called tags containing a tag_id and tag_name.

I want to insert each tag into the table. Is this possible in one INSERT query using the string I have, or will I have to run a loop with an array of the tag names?

Answer 1

You could do:

$sql = "INSERT INTO `tags` (`tag_name`) VALUES(". implode('),(', explode(',', trim($tags))) . ")";

And if you were to echo out $sql you should get:

INSERT INTO `tags` (`tag_name`) VALUES('pigs'),('dogs'),('cats')