Question

I need to know how to do the following using php coding please

1. take inserted text from a textarea
2. split the content per line
3. Insert each line into the database as its own row with own id number

Can anyone show me how to do this please?

thanks

EDIT________

THis is what I have tried so Far

$is_first = true;


foreach (explode('\n', $_POST['code']) as &$voucher) {

    if ($is_first) $is_first = false; else $query .= ', ';

    $query .= '(' . mysql_real_escape($voucher) . ')';
    mysql_query('INSERT INTO back_codes (`code_id`, `code`) VALUES (NULL, "$voucher")');
}

Answer 1

1. Refer to it using $_POST['field_name'], if it has been sent with POST request, like that:

   $textarea_value = $_POST['my_textarea'];
   

2. You can split strings using explode(), like that:

   $lines = explode("\n", $textarea_value);
   

3. Iterate through result of explode() and then insert rows one-by-one to the database.

   foreach ($lines as $line) {
       // $line here is a string
       // build a query based on it and execute it
   };