php mysql update limit

Question

I want to update mysql database, where directory = 0, and just update 5 of records which value 0 to art.

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Answer 1

Your query doesn't seem wrong to me.

But note that you might also want to specify an order by clause, to be sure which are the five "first" items :

update articles
set directory = 'art'
where directory = '0'
order by id
limit 5

Just as a reference : UPDATE Syntax