insert multiple rows via a php array into mysql

Question

I\'m passing a large dataset into a MySQL table via PHP using insert commands and I\'m wondering if its possible to insert approximately 1000 rows at a time via a query othe

Answer 1

You could always use mysql's LOAD DATA:

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/full/path/to/file/foo.csv' INTO TABLE `footable` FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' 

to do bulk inserts rather than using a bunch of INSERT statements.