Question

The form buttons should include <input type="submit" Value="save and New" /> and <input type="submit"/>.

So I want to save a record and should be able to add a new record when the “save and New” button is clicked.

Finally all records (2 or 3…5 etc.) should be added to the database when the submit button is clicked.

Answer 1

Inserting multiple rows into the database is simple.

Say you have a table called users with columns id, name and email – if you wish to insert 3 records at the same time, you’d just do something like this:

INSERT INTO `users` (`id`, `name`, `email`) VALUES (1, 'Peter', '[e-mail]') (2, 'John', '[e-mail]')

…Ad nauseum, if you want another row of data to be added in a single query, then simply add another in brackets as the other two.

On a side note, do ensure to sanitize your data, lest you become a victim of SQL injection.