Question

I have four arrays:

$qtys = $_POST['qty'];
$colours = $_POST['colour'];
$sizes = $_POST['size'];
$names = $_POST['name'];

I want these to go into a mysql table like so:

qty      | colour     | size     | name
-------------------------------------------
$qtys[0] | $colour[0] | $size[0] | $name[0]
$qtys[1] | $colour[1] | $size[1] | $name[1]

I’ve tried various things, including this:

foreach($qtys as $value) {
  $i = 0;
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO table (qty,colour,size,name) VALUES ('$qtys[$i]','$colours[$i]','$sizes[$i]','$names[$i]')");
  $i++;
} 

…but to no avail. Can anyone suggest a different INSERT statement that will get the data in the table? Do I need to iterate in the loop? I’m sure $qtys as $value is incorrect but have tried so many things with no luck.

Answer 1

Simply use for loop will be ok, AND REMEMBER ESCAPE USER INPUT.

for($i =0, $count = count($qtys); $i < $count; $i++) {
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO table (qty,colour,size,name) VALUES ('$qtys[$i]','$colours[$i]','$sizes[$i]','$names[$i]')");
}