How to insert two variable value into single field in php? - php

Question

code:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['add_new']))
{
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$field = $_POST['field'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$comment1 =array($_POST['comment1'],$s_date);
$comment2 = $_POST['comment2'];
$status = $_POST['status'];
$s_date = date('Y-m-d');
$interested_in = $_POST['interested_in'];
$academic_details = $_POST['academic_details'];
$city = $_POST['city'];
$sql = "insert into enquires2(name,email,phone,field,message,comment1,comment2,status,s_date,interested_in,academic_details,city,admin_idd)values('$name','$email','$phone','$field','$message','$comment1','$comment2','$status','$s_date','$interested_in','$academic_details','$city','$admin_id')";
$result = mysqli_query($link,$sql);
if($result == true)
{
$msg .= "<p style='color:green;'>You are successfully add new enquiry</p>";
}
else
{
$msg .= "<p style='color:red;'>Error!</p>";
}
}
?>
In this code I want to pass two value in single variable i.e.
$comment1 = array($_POST['comment1'],$s_date);
which show (array) when I print query ($sql). How can I pass two value into single variable ? please help me.

Answer 1

Another option if you don't want to concatenate , use serialize function make an associative array and serialize it and store to db
for example :
$comment1 =serialize(array("comment"=>$_POST['comment1'],"date"=>$s_date));
and when you get form db ,just use
$data = unserialize($yourDataFromDb);
and you get your values like
$data["comment"] // Your comment
$data["date"] // your date

Answer 2

Simply use concatenation
$comment1 = $_POST['comment1'] . $s_date;
But if you want to parse later and keep sepration between comment and date you can use any format like
$comment1 = $_POST['comment1'] . "--date--" . $s_date;
Later you can simply use print_r (explode("--date--",$str));
Something like multivalue field.

Answer 3

You already record the value of $s_date in a separate "date" field, so there's no need to record it again within the comment field.
If you want to combine them for display or reporting purposes later on, then you can easily do that in the object or UI layer using simple string concatenation. I would advise you not to do this when storing the data as you're attempting - otherwise you're just duplicating the same value twice in the row for no obvious reason, as well as making it more difficult to separate what the user actually wrote from the date you inserted into it.