How should I store user “favorites” in mySQL table?

Question

I keep reading that I should store this in a separate table \"with one value per line\". What does this mean exactly? Like this - So that each \"favoriting\" gets another user e

Answer 1

It is called relational databases that are in 3-rd normal form

You have one table with users.

//users
id | username | password

And table with favorites

//favorites
id | userid | Favorited

here how you get it:

select * from favorites inner join users on favorites.userid=users.id where users.id=1

Answer 2

Yes, that is exactly how you would do it. I wouldn't consider it redundant.