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I have the following array named $people and this is the output I get with a print_r():

Array (

[0] => "Zyzz","fitness","21","Male"

[1] => "Arnold","bodybuilder","23","Male"

[2] => "Jeff","fitness","19","Male"

)

How can I insert these values to my MySQL Database?

I have a vague idea wich is:

$sql=" INSERT INTO famous (name,type,age,sex) VALUES ($people)";

mysql_query($sql);

How can I accomplish this correctly?

Thanks in advance

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are you sure that is your pint_r()???? – Emilio Gort Feb 9 '14 at 6:12
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What if you made a foreach loop like

foreach($people as $person)

And then used the $person variable in your query. The foreach will just iterate your array. However, the values of your array don't seem right. Are you sure that is the exact print_r?

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$sql = "INSERT INTO famous (name,type,age,sex) VALUES ";
foreach($people as $p)
{
$sql .= '('.$p.'),';
}
$sql = rtrim($sql,',');
mysql_query($sql);
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@Brett Zamir Thx correction!! Can u tell me how to make new line in this editor. I just use <br> for new line – Jain Feb 9 '14 at 6:25
    
Hi I think this doesn't work, if I echo the $sql statement I get [...] VALUES ("Zyzz","fitness","21","Male")("Arnold","bodybuilder","23","‌​Male") ("Jeff","fitness","19","Male") – user3288852 Feb 9 '14 at 6:51
    
So it's not a valid query, remember that each "value" goes in a different column – user3288852 Feb 9 '14 at 6:52
    
There is a comma seprator between them check it out – Jain Feb 9 '14 at 8:36
    
VALUES ("Zyzz","fitness","21","Male"),("Arnold","bodybuilder","23",‌​"Male") ,("Jeff","fitness","19","Male") – Jain Feb 9 '14 at 8:37
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Just do the following:

foreach($people as &$person) {
    $person = '('.$person.')';
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO famous (name,type,age,sex) VALUES " . implode (",", $people);
mysql_query($sql);
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