Is it bad to put a MySQL query in a PHP loop?

Question

I often have large arrays, or large amounts of dynamic data in PHP that I need to run MySQL queries to handle.

Is there a better way to run many processes like INSERT or

Answer 1

one thing to note about your original solution over the implosion method of jerebear (which I have used before, and love) is that it is easier to read. The implosion takes more programmer brain cycles to understand, which can be more expensive than processor cycles. premature optimisation, blah, blah, blah... :)