PHP POST via AJAX loop through javascript sent object literal - php

Question

Hey all i normally grab the ajax sent js object literal by doing this:
$_POST['called']
$_POST['chk1']
etc etc...
But now i have a problem that i cant seem to find a solution for.
Depending on how many checkboxes are selected, i loop (using js) to see all checked boxes and add them to the js object that ends up looking like this:
doBulk = {
called: "Approved",
chk0: "1789156857",
chk2: "5134465673753",
chk3: "234123554646",
chk10: "25511545542"
};
Now the chkXX can be any number from 0-19 (so 20 check boxes per page). I am sending that just fine to my PHP page but i am unsure on how to go about looping to get the needed data to update the database.
$chk1 = $_POST['chk0'];
$chk2 = $_POST['chk1'];
$chk3 = $_POST['chk2'];
$chk4 = $_POST['chk3'];
$chk5 = $_POST['chk4'];
$chk6 = $_POST['chk5'];
$chk7 = $_POST['chk6'];
$chk8 = $_POST['chk7'];
$chk9 = $_POST['chk8'];
$chk10 = $_POST['chk9'];
$chk11 = $_POST['chk10'];
$chk12 = $_POST['chk11'];
$chk13 = $_POST['chk12'];
$chk14 = $_POST['chk13'];
$chk15 = $_POST['chk14'];
$chk16 = $_POST['chk15'];
$chk17 = $_POST['chk16'];
$chk18 = $_POST['chk17'];
$chk19 = $_POST['chk18'];
$chk20 = $_POST['chk19'];
I could do a lot of if than else to check to see if each has data but there has got to be a better way of doing that?
So if i am doing a bulk mySQL update then i would have to run a query for each checkbox that i have a value for above? Is there also a better way of updating all the records that are needed in one swoop?
$result = mysql_query("UPDATE userAccount SET Accept = 1 WHERE ID = " . $chk1 . "");
Thanks!
UPDATE
foreach($_POST as $key => $value)
{
// $key = CHK1-20
// $value = XXXXXXXXX
$dbBuilder = $value . ", " . $dbBuilder;
}
$dbBuilder = '(' . $dbBuilder . ')';
$result = mysql_query("UPDATE userAccount SET Accept = 1 WHERE ID in $dbBuilder");

Answer 1

You can pass in the id's inside an IN SQL Clause. So, for instance you will have:
UPDATE userAccount SET Accept = 1 WHERE ID in $idCollection
Where $idCollection will be all of the IDs checked, separated by commas and inside parentheses, like so:
(1, 2, 3)
For the looping, you can iterate through the $_POST array as you would in any other array, and populate this string with the values read.
Hope that helps

Answer 2

for ($i=1;$i<=20;$i++){
${'chk'."$i"}=$_POST["chk"."$i"];
}
For UPDATE, i think you can use Mysql create procedure like this
$query=mysql_query("CREATE PROCEDURE dorepeat(p1 INT) SET $i = 0; REPEAT SET #i = #i + 1; UPDATE userAccount SET Accept = 1 WHERE ID = ${'chk'."$i"}; UNTIL #i =p1 END REPEAT; END") or (die mysql_error());
$result=mysql_query("CALL dorepeat(20)") or (die mysql_error());
EDIT: perhaps this is better without using CREATE PROCEDURE.
for ($i=1;$i<=20;$i++){
${'chk'."$i"}=$_POST["chk"."$i"];
$exp.=${'chk'."$i"}.',';
}
$exp=substr($exp,0,-1);
$exp='('.$exp.')';
$query=mysql_query("UPDATE userAccount SET Accept = 1 WHERE ID IN '$exp') or (die mysql_error());