How to Put multiple Arrays into one database table - php

Question

0I have three arrays... example:
phonenums
[0] 555-5555
[1] 555-4444
[2] 555-3333
types
[0] cell
[1] home
[2] work
notes
[0] a note
[1] the babysitters name
[2] call before 6pm
They come from a form with dynamically added inputs, so the number of rows is arbitrary.
I want to put these arrays into a table in MySQL, using PHP
Table name: customerphones
id
customer_id
phone
type
notes
I can get any single array into the database fine, but, when it comes to putting in all three to coordinate with each other (ex: each row[0] to be in one row of the database table)....I'm stuck! I keep rewriting it in different loops or whatnot, and it comes out wrong every time.
I can post my code if it helps explain my situation further. I am just looking for a "concept" here though, to point me in the right direction.
Should I combine the arrays somehow?, or put them into a loop? I don't know!
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Here is my solution I came up with (as requested). I'm sure it is not practical at all...and there is probably a much better way to do it. But it got my desired result.
// ~~~ Get variables from the form submitted
$phonenums = $_POST["phone"];
$types = $_POST["type"];
$notes = $_POST["notes"];
// ~~~ Queries for Inserting Customer Phone Numbers
$querynum = "INSERT INTO customerphones";
$querynum .= "(customer_id, phone)";
$querynum .= "VALUES (?, ?)";
$stmtnum = mysqli_prepare($db, $querynum);
$queryty = "UPDATE customerphones SET ";
$queryty .= "type = ? ";
$queryty .= "WHERE customer_id = ? AND phone = ?";
$stmtty = mysqli_prepare($db, $queryty);
$queryno = "UPDATE customerphones SET ";
$queryno .= "notes = ? ";
$queryno .= "WHERE customer_id = ? AND phone = ?";
$stmtno = mysqli_prepare($db, $queryno);
// Loops for executing the queries to insert phone numbers
// (I scraped this together b/c I couldn't get other methods to work...Change this later)
$n = 0;
foreach($phonenums as $rowph) {
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmtnum, 'is', $custid, $rowph);
mysqli_execute($stmtnum);
$rct = 0;
foreach($types as $rowty) {
if($rct == 0) {
$x = $types[$n];
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmtty, 'sis', $x, $custid, $rowph);
mysqli_execute($stmtty);
$rct++;
}
} // End Update Phone Type
$rct = 0;
foreach($notes as $rowno) {
if($rct == 0) {
$x = $notes[$n];
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmtno, 'sis', $x, $custid, $rowph);
mysqli_execute($stmtno);
$rct++;
}
} // End Update Phone Notes
$n++;
} // End foreach loops

Answer 1

Well, I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here.
Using PDO with PreparedStatements, MultipleIterator and ArrayIterator:
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=YOUR_DATABASE;", "root", "");
$sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO customerphones(phone, type, notes) VALUES(:phone, :type, :note)");
$m = new MultipleIterator();
$m->attachIterator(new ArrayIterator($phonenums), 'phones');
$m->attachIterator(new ArrayIterator($types), 'types');
$m->attachIterator(new ArrayIterator($notes), 'notes');
foreach($m as $row){
$sth->bindParam(":phone", $row[0]);
$sth->bindParam(":type", $row[1]);
$sth->bindParam(":note", $row[2]);
$sth->execute();
}
I'm assuming that you're using a local MySQL server, and your server's root account isn't password protected.
This works like this:
Create a new PDO connection with some parameters;
Prepare a statement with some placeholders for an insert;
Create an Iterator to unite the arrays;
Attach all the arrays to the iterator;
Go through all the iterations of the iterator: Every iteration returns a array with a phone number, a type and a note;
Bind all the elements of the current iteration to the placeholders of the statement and then execute it.
But please post what you're using to connect to the DB, then I'll refactor my answer.

Answer 2

using mysqli:
$host = 'your_host';
$user = 'your_user';
$pass = 'your_pass';
$db = 'your_database';
$mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $db);
// Check connection mysql
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
die('Connect Error (' . $mysqli->connect_errno . ') '
. $mysqli->connect_error);
}
$sql = 'INSERT INTO customerphones(phone, type, notes) VALUES(?,?,?)';
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bind_param('sss', $phone, $type, $note);
$index = 0;
while(COUNT($phonenums) - 1 >= $index){
$phone = $phonenums[$index];
$type = $type[$index];
$note= $note[$index];
$stmt->execute();
$index++;
}