PDO Prepared Inserts multiple rows in single query

Question

I am currently using this type of SQL on MySQL to insert multiple rows of values in one single query:

INSERT INTO `tbl` (`key1`,`key2`) VALUES (\'r1v1\',\'r1         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and this is how i accomplish for myself, and i made a function for myself for it ( and you can use it if that helps you).

Example:

INSERT INTO countries (country, city) VALUES (Germany, Berlin), (France, Paris);

$arr1 = Array("Germany", "Berlin");
$arr2 = Array("France", "France");

insertMultipleData("countries", Array($arr1, $arr2));


// Inserting multiple data to the Database.
public function insertMultipleData($table, $multi_params){
    try{
        $db = $this->connect();

        $beforeParams = "";
        $paramsStr = "";
        $valuesStr = "";

        for ($i=0; $i < count($multi_params); $i++) { 

            foreach ($multi_params[$i] as $j => $value) {                   

                if ($i == 0) {
                    $beforeParams .=  " " . $j . ",";
                }

                $paramsStr .= " :"  . $j . "_" . $i .",";                                       
            }

            $paramsStr = substr_replace($paramsStr, "", -1);
            $valuesStr .=  "(" . $paramsStr . "),"; 
            $paramsStr = "";
        }


        $beforeParams = substr_replace($beforeParams, "", -1);
        $valuesStr = substr_replace($valuesStr, "", -1);


        $sql = "INSERT INTO " . $table . " (" . $beforeParams . ") VALUES " . $valuesStr . ";";

        $stmt = $db->prepare($sql);


        for ($i=0; $i < count($multi_params); $i++) { 
            foreach ($multi_params[$i] as $j => &$value) {
                $stmt->bindParam(":" . $j . "_" . $i, $value);                                      
            }
        }

        $this->close($db);
        $stmt->execute();                       

        return true;

    }catch(PDOException $e){            
        return false;
    }

    return false;
}

// Making connection to the Database 
    public function connect(){
        $host = Constants::DB_HOST;
        $dbname = Constants::DB_NAME;
        $user = Constants::DB_USER;
        $pass = Constants::DB_PASS;

        $mysql_connect_str = 'mysql:host='. $host . ';dbname=' .$dbname;

        $dbConnection = new PDO($mysql_connect_str, $user, $pass);
        $dbConnection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

        return $dbConnection;
    }

    // Closing the connection
    public function close($db){
        $db = null;
    }

If insertMultipleData($table, $multi_params) returns TRUE, your data has been inserted to your database.