PHP Array comes out backwards - php

Question

This is my current output from a preg_match_all
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => 2 Sentence text here
)
)
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => 3 Sentence text here.
[1] => 4 Sentence text here.
[2] => 5 Sentence text here.
)
)
I'm trying to insert each output as a new row in a table but it's thinking that each [0] [1] [2] is a new column. How do I insert the array into mysql?
$query = "INSERT INTO table (col1) VALUES ";
foreach ($matches as $item) {
$query .= "('".$item[0]."'),";
}
$query = rtrim($query,",");
$result = mysql_query($query);
The above obviously only inserts the first row in of the array

Answer 1

Well, you have an array in other array, so...
$query = "INSERT INTO table (col1) VALUES ";
if(!empty($matches))
{
foreach ($matches as $item) {
foreach ($item[0] as $items) {
$query .= "('".$items."'),";
}
}
}
if(!empty($matches))
{
foreach ($matches[0] as $item) {
$query .= "('".$item."'),";
}
}
Depends on how you are getting your array matches.
$query = rtrim($query,",");
$result = mysql_query($query);
That way you'll get this query:
INSERT INTO table (col1) VALUES ('2 Sentence text here'), ('3 Sentence text here'), ('4 Sentence text here'), ('5 Sentence text here')
Which is a valid way to insert several values in one column with a single INSERT statement.
Note:
Please, don't use mysql_* functions in new code. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. See the red box? Learn about prepared statements instead, and use PDO, or MySQLi - this article will help you decide which. If you choose PDO, here is a good tutorial.