Ignore MySQL foreign key constraints in PHP

Question

Is there a way to override mysql foreign key constraints in a php script?

I have a query passed to mysql from php, but it fails a foreign key constraint, is there any wa

Answer 1

I have something like this in my snippet collection:

SET @BACKUP_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS; 
SET @@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;

-- Do stuff here

SET @@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@BACKUP_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS;
SET @BACKUP_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=NULL;