Saving multiple checkbox data by foreach in MySQL using codeigniter - php

Question

I have two tables ::: tbl_product and tbl_featured_product. I did view all product (from tbl_product) information in view pages by checkbox system. So that I can submit data to tbl_featured_product by checked as I need.
I can view all information to a view page in checkbox.. BUT can't save them in database. saving only last one row. please help me out to save multiple data in same time:::
view:::
<?php foreach($all_product as $values) { ?>
<input type="checkbox" name="product_name[]" value="<?php echo $values->product_name;?>" /> <?php echo $values->product_name;?> <br>
<input hidden="hidden" name="product_id[]" value="<?php echo $values->product_id;?>" />
<input hidden="hidden" name="product_price[]" value="<?php echo $values->product_price;?>" />
<?php } ?>
<input type="submit" name="btn" value="Save">
My Controller:::::
public function save_featured_product()
{
$data=array();
if ($this->input->post()) {
$data['featured_id']=$this->input->post('featured_id',true);
$data['product_id']=$this->input->post('product_id',true);
$data['product_name']=$this->input->post('product_name',true);
$data['product_price']=$this->input->post('product_price',true);
$this->sa_model->save_featured_product_info($data);
$sdata=array();
$sdata['message']='Save product Information Successfully !';
$this->session->set_userdata($sdata);
redirect('super_admin/add_featured_product');
}
My Model ::::
public function save_featured_product_info($data)
{
$this->db->insert('tbl_featured_products',$data);
}
Please let me know the solutions from your side. Thank you

Answer 1

Your problem is that the input $this->input->post('product_name') are arrays, so you need to insert one row for each, like:
(in the model)
public function save_featured_product_info($data)
{
if (isset($data['product_name']) && is_array($data['product_name'])):
foreach ( $data['product_name'] as $key=>$value ):
$this->db->insert('tbl_featured_products', array(
'product_id'=>$data['product_id'][$key],
'product_name'=>$data['product_name'][$key],
'product_price'=>$data['product_price'][$key],
'featured_id'=>$data['featured_id'] // assuming this are the same for all rows?
));
endforeach;
endif;
}

Answer 2

Do something like this, you may need to do some changes accordingly:
function save_featured_product_info($data){
if( isset( $data['product_id'] ) && is_array( $data['product_id'] ) ){
foreach( $data['product_id'] as $key => $each ){
$temp[] = array(
'featured_id' =>$data['featured_id'][$key],
'product_id' =>$data['product_id'][$key],
'product_name' =>$data['product_name'][$key],
'product_price'=>$data['product_price'][$key],
);
}
if( isset( $temp ) ){
$this->db->insert_batch('tbl_featured_products', $temp);
}
}
}

Answer 3

You're trying to save arrays, you either need to implode the values or loop and save them individually or batch insert them
$this->db->insert_batch('your_table', $temp);