How to write query for a php array? - php

Question

I have the following php array that gets all values from a form full of radios and check-boxes.
foreach(array('buss_type','anotherfield','anotherfield','...etc') as $index)
{
if (isset($this->request->post[$index])) {
$this->data[$index] = $this->request->post[$index];
} else {
$this->data[$index] = NULL;
}
}
Now, I am wondering how to write the query to send those values to my database, to a new table I just created (retailer). Every radio/checkform value has its column in my retailer table, how do I write the query so that all the values contained in $index go to their specific column.
The following is an example of how my other queries look like...
public function addCustomer($data) {
//this is the one I am trying to write, and this one works,
//but I'd have to add every single checkbox/radio name to the
//query, and I have 30!
$this->db->query("INSERT INTO " . DB_PREFIX . "retailer SET buss_t = '" .
(isset($data['buss_t']) ? (int)$data['buss_t'] : 0) .
"', store_sft = '" .
(isset($data['store_sft']) ? (int)$data['store_sft'] : 0) .
"'");
//Ends Here
$this->db->query("INSERT INTO " . DB_PREFIX . "customer SET store_id = '" .
(int)$this->config->get('config_store_id') . "', firstname = '" .
$this->db->escape($data['firstname']) . "', lastname = '" .
$this->db->escape($data['lastname']) . "', email = '" .
$this->db->escape($data['email']) . "', telephone = '" .
$this->db->escape($data['telephone']) . "', fax = '" .
$this->db->escape($data['fax']) . "', password = '" .
$this->db->escape(md5($data['password'])) . "', newsletter = '" .
(isset($data['newsletter']) ? (int)$data['newsletter'] : 0) .
"', customer_group_id = '" .
(int)$this->config->get('config_customer_group_id') .
"', status = '1', date_added = NOW()");
Thanks a lot for any insight you can provide.

Answer 1

the best way would be to create a function that accepts an array and table name as an argument and executes a insert query.
function insertArray($table, $array)
{
$keys =""; $values = "";
foreach($table as $k=>$v)
{
$keys.=($keys != "" ? ",":"").$k:
$values .=($values != "" ? "," :"")."'".$v."'";
}
$this->db->query("INSERT INTO ".$table." (".$keys.") VALUES (".$values.");
}
The array has to be structured like this:
array("db_attribute1"=>"value1","db_attribute2"=>"value2");

Answer 2

Store the column names and column values in separate arrays and use implode() to generate a comma-separated list of columns and values
$values = array();
$columns = array('buss_type','anotherfield','anotherfield','...etc');
foreach($columns as $index)
{
if (isset($this->request->post[$index]))
{
$this->data[$index] = $this->request->post[$index];
$values[] = $this->db->escape($this->request->post[$index]);
}
else
{
$this->data[$index] = NULL;
$values[] = "''";
}
}
$this->db->query("INSERT INTO table_name (" . implode(",", $columns) . ") VALUES (" . implode(",", $values) . ");