Insert into mySQL from php foreach loop [duplicate] - php

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I know this has been asked so many times but I can't seem to figure the issue out. Im running the following code, but it just returns the fail. When I run the output of
$query1 --> INSERT INTO number (count,code,prize,printed) VALUES ('1','Q0stZr0g8uc4syE','','0');
straight into phpmyadmin it inserts fine. I must be doing something stupid... Any ideas?
$times_to_run = 100;
$prize='';
for($i=1;$i<=$times_to_run;$i++){
$array[] = array(
'count' => $i,
'code1' => randomString(),
'prize' => $prize
);
}
$codes = $array;
foreach ($codes as $code){
$query1 = "INSERT INTO number (count,code,prize,printed) VALUES ('". $code['count']."','". $code['code1']."','". $code['prize']."','0');";
$q = mysqli_query($query1) or die (mysql_error());
}
EDIT: I changed the query to use mysqli and got the full error which is:
the actual error is:
Warning: mysqli_query() expects at least 2 parameters, 1 given and the line it points to is: $q = mysqli_query($query1) or die (mysql_error());
** If I change
'". $code['prize']."'
to '0' I still get the same error.

Answer 1

To make things clear, here is the corrected version of your code:
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
$times_to_run = 100;
$prize='';
for($i=1;$i<=$times_to_run;$i++){
$array[] = array(
'count' => $i,
'code1' => randomString(),
'prize' => $prize
);
}
$codes = $array;
foreach ($codes as $code){
$query1 = "INSERT INTO number (count,code,prize,printed) VALUES ('". $code['count']."','". $code['code1']."','". $code['prize']."','0')";
$q = mysqli_query($link, $query1) or die (mysqli_error($link));
}

Answer 2

I might be wrong here but I think there are spaces needed after ] and after that .
Like this:
'" . $code['count'] . "'
instead of
'". $code['count']."'
Oh and just something that might be handy and good to know, mysql_query is deprecated and unsafe, unles you are using it for yourself at a local host I would suggest you take a look at mysqli_, which works basicly the same.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php