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

I have created this simple function which you guys can use easily. You will need to pass the table-name ($tbl), table-field ($insertFieldsArr) against your inserting data, data array ($arr).

insert_batch('table',array('field1','field2'),$dataArray);

    function insert_batch($tbl,$insertFieldsArr,$arr){ $sql = array(); 
    foreach( $arr as $row ) {
        $strVals='';
        $cnt=0;
        foreach($insertFieldsArr as $key=>$val){
            if(is_array($row)){
                $strVals.="'".mysql_real_escape_string($row[$cnt]).'\',';
            }
            else{
                $strVals.="'".mysql_real_escape_string($row).'\',';
            }
            $cnt++;
        }
        $strVals=rtrim($strVals,',');
        $sql[] = '('.$strVals.')';
    }

    $fields=implode(',',$insertFieldsArr);
    mysql_query('INSERT INTO `'.$tbl.'` ('.$fields.') VALUES '.implode(',', $sql));
}