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Using an array like this:

$data = array
     (
       'host' => 1,
       'country' => 'fr',
     )

I would like to create a MySQL query that uses the values of the array to form its WHERE clause like:

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE host = 1 and country = 'fr'

How can I generate this query string to use with MySQL?

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Try this

$where = '';

foreach( $data as $k => $v ) {
    if( !empty( $where ) )
        $where .= ' AND ';

    $where .= sprintf( "`%s` = '%s'", mysql_real_escape_string( $k ), mysql_real_escape_string( $v ) );
}

mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE $where" );
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It's perfect! Thanks so much! –  Ryan May 22 '10 at 21:44
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Lest we forget Little Bobby Tables: xkcd.com/327 –  OMG Ponies May 22 '10 at 21:50
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Added a link below to bobby-tables.com/php.html –  Andy Lester Jun 3 '10 at 16:30
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Please please please don't build SQL statements with embedded data. Look here: http://bobby-tables.com/php.html

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