Passing an array to a query using a WHERE clause

Question

Given an array of ids $galleries = array(1,2,5) I want to have a SQL query that uses the values of the array in its WHERE clause like:

Answer 1

Because the original question relates to an array of numbers and I am using an array of strings I couldn't make the given examples work.

I found that each string needed to be encapsulated in single quotes to work with the IN() function.

Here is my solution

foreach($status as $status_a) {
        $status_sql[] = '\''.$status_a.'\'';
    }
    $status = implode(',',$status_sql);

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN ($status)");

As you can see the first function wraps each array variable in single quotes (\') and then implodes the array.

NOTE: $status does not have single quotes in the SQL statement.

There is probably a nicer way to add the quotes but this works.