PHP - Using Xml Or Array Instead Of Mysql Database

I've got an array like this:

$firstquarter = array('January', 'February', 'March');

Then I'm adding it to a MySQL DB as follows:

$insert = "INSERT INTO sometable (months) VALUES ('$firstquarter') ";
$insertresult = mysql_query($insert) or die ('Error in Insert query: ' . mysql_error());

When I use PHPMyAdmin I see a this value stored in the DB:

'Array'

Can I retrieve the values, by index, from this database field??

hi guys so i have this add contacts page and the form is divided into 3 different froms 1) primary contact 2)spouse 3)child and the child form data is inserted as array into database because in the primary contact part of the form there is a "Children ?" with yes and no radio button and if yes a drop down list is enabled where if user chooses say 2 then there would be 2 child form that appears. and since theres 2 children then in the database a new row and data will be added accordingly.   image attached to be clearer.    from2.jpg   24.15KB   0 downloads

i got it inserted into database but in the specified field it says array:   |child_name|dob|house_add1|mobile|office|email|
inserted:
|array|array-array-array|array|array|array|array|   query:

"INSERT INTO child VALUES('','".$childsalutations." $childfname $childlname',' ".$cday."-".$cmonth."-$cyear ','$childline1','$childline2','$childm','$childoff','$childemail')"

in a stackoverflow question(not my own question) someone says: information stating arrays need to be split, before inserting into the table. does that mean something like this?:

$cday = ($_POST['cday']);
$cmonth = ($_POST['cmonth']);
$cyear = ($_POST['cyear']);
$childsalutations = ($_POST['child-salutations']);
$childfname = ($_POST['child-fname']);
$childlname = ($_POST['child-lname']);
$childline1 = ($_POST['child-line1']);
$childemail = ($_POST['child-email']);
$childm = ($_POST['child-mobile']);
$childoff = ($_POST['child-office']);

$info = array('c_name' => $childsalutation $childfname $childlname, 'c_dob' => $cday-$cmonth-$cyear, 'c_line1' => $childline1, 'c_mobile' => $childm, 'c_office' => $childoff, 'c_email' => $childemail)

just in case u wanted to c the html child form(warning its abit long,very!):

<table class="prime">
	<tbody>
	<br>
	<tr><td style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold">Child <span id="number"></span></td></tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Salutation :</td> 
		<td><select name="child-salutations[]" id="child-salutations">
				<option value="" disabled selected>Salutations</option>
				<option value="Datin">Datin</option>
				<option value="Datin Paduka">Datin Paduka</option>
				<option value="Dato Paduka">Dato Paduka</option>
				<option value="Dato'">Dato'</option>
				<option value="Dato' Seri">Dato' Seri</option>
				<option value="Datuk">Datuk</option>
				<option value="Datuk Seri">Datuk Seri</option>
				<option value="Dr.">Dr.</option>
				<option value="Haji">Haji</option>
				<option value="Hajjah">Hajjah</option>
				<option value="HM">HM</option>
				<option value="HRH">HRH</option>
				<option value="Miss">Miss</option>
				<option value="Mrs.">Mrs.</option>
				<option value="Mr.">Mr.</option>
				<option value="Pehin">Pehin</option>
				<option value="Professor">Professor</option>
				<option value="Raja">Raja</option>
				<option value="Tan Sri">Tan Sri</option>
				<option value="Tengku">Tengku</option>
				<option value="Tuanku">Tuanku</option>
				<option value="Tun">Tun</option>
				<option value="Tunku">Tunku</option>
				<option value="Ungku">Ungku</option>
				</select>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr><td colspan="2"><label class="label" style="color:Red">*If a person has many salutations, choose the highest form of salutation</label></td></tr>
	<tr><td>First Name :</td><td><input type="text" name="child-fname[]" id="child-fname" class="style" /></td>
			<td>Last Name :</td><td><input type="text" name="child-lname[]" id="child-lname" class="style" /></td></tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Date of Birth : </td>
		<td>
			<select name="cday[]">
			<option value=""selected disabled>Day</option>
			<option value="1">1</option>
			<option value="2">2</option>
			<option value="3">3</option>
			<option value="4">4</option>
			<option value="5">5</option>
			<option value="6">6</option>
			<option value="7">7</option>
			<option value="8">8</option>
			<option value="9">9</option>
			<option value="10">10</option>
			<option value="11">11</option>
			<option value="12">12</option>
			<option value="13">13</option>
			<option value="14">14</option>
			<option value="15">15</option>
			<option value="16">16</option>
			<option value="17">17</option>
			<option value="18">18</option>
			<option value="19">19</option>
			<option value="20">20</option>
			<option value="21">21</option>
			<option value="22">22</option>
			<option value="23">23</option>
			<option value="24">24</option>
			<option value="25">25</option>
			<option value="26">26</option>
			<option value="27">27</option>
			<option value="28">28</option>
			<option value="29">29</option>
			<option value="30">30</option>
			<option value="31">31</option>
		</select>
		<select name="cmonth[]">
			<option value="" selected disabled>Month</option>
			<option value="1">January</option>
			<option value="2">February</option>
			<option value="3">March</option>
			<option value="4">April</option>
			<option value="5">May</option>
			<option value="6">June</option>
			<option value="7">July</option>
			<option value="8">August</option>
			<option value="9">September</option>
			<option value="10">October</option>
			<option value="11">November</option>
			<option value="12">December</option>
		</select>
		Year : <input type="text" name="cyear[]" maxlength="4" size="4" class="year">
		</td>
	</tr>
		<tr><td>Where do they live ?</td><td colspan="3"><input type="radio" name="living[]" id="living-me" class="living-me"/>With Me<input type="radio" name="living[]" id="living-other" class="living-other"/>With Other Parent<input type="radio" name="living[]" id="living-own" class="living-own"/>Own</td></tr>
		<tr><td>House Address</td></tr>
		<tr><td>Line 1  :</td><td><input type="text" name="child-line1[]" id="child-line1" size="20" class="style" /></td>
		<td>Mobile No :</td><td><input type="text" name="child-mobile[]" id="child-mobile" class="style" /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>Office No :</td><td><input type="text" name="child-office[]" id="child-office" class="style" /></td>
		<td>Email Address : </td><td><input type="email" name="child-email[]" id="email" class="style" /></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Hello there,   I'm really new at PHP and I've been reading several beginner tutorials so please accept my apologies for any stupid questions I may ask along the way.   I've gotten as far as installing XAMPP, set up a database plus PHP form and I'm struggling to figure out how to insert values from an array into my database.   I've learnt the code in one particular way (see beginner tutorials) so I was wondering if you could help me keeping this in mind. I know there'll be a million better ways to do what I'm doing but I fear I will be bamboozled with different code or differently structured code.   Anyway the tutuorials I'm reading don't see to cover how I can insert an array of values into my database, just singular values.   In the attached file, I have 10 rows of 2x text inputs (20 text inputs total). Each row allows the user to enter a CarID and CarTitle. I've commented out the jQuery which validates the inputs so I can build a rudimentary version of this validation with PHP.   I thought that because the line $sql="INSERT INTO carids_cartitles (CarID, CarTitle) VALUES ($id, $title)"; is inside the foreach, means that for each pair of values from the form it'd insert to the database.   It doesn't do this. If I enter two or more CarIDs and CarTitles, only one pair of values gets saved to the database.   I'm sorry if I haven't explained this well enough, any questions please let me know.   Many thanks for your help in advance. Attached Files  form.php   4.43KB   5 downloads

Hey there...

I'm so stuck on this problem I was hoping someone could help...

I need to query a MySQL Database using array values...

Here is my array ... $query_keywords = Array ( [7] => business [10] => home [11] => depo )
 
Here is my php ...$query = "SELECT * FROM product WHERE product_name, product_comment IN ($query_keywords)";
$result=mysql_query($query);

if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
{
   echo "results";
}
else
{
   echo "no results";
}


Unfortunately, I get this ...
Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in blah\blah\results.php on line 99

Please help me
All comments greatly appreciated...

So I've spent 2 days now searching the web on how to make my checkbox array on my form insert the value selected by the user into my database. Here is the code that I've written. All fields except for the checkbox array works fine.

<?php virtual('/budgets/Connections/connAdmin.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
{
  if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
  }

  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

  switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;   
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
  }
  return $theValue;
}
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}
 
 
  if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    $workStyle = $_POST['art_photos'];

    // Setting up a blank variable to be used in the coming loop.
    $allStyles = "";

    // For every checkbox value sent to the form.
    foreach ($workStyle as $style) {
      // Append a string called $allStyles with the current array element, and then add a comma and a space at the end.
      $allStyles .= $style . ", ";
    }

    // Delete the last two characters from the string.
    $allStyles = substr($allStyles, 0, -2);

    echo "<p>The resulting string is: <strong>$allStyles</strong></p>\r\n";

  }



if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
  $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO daily_budget (rundate, slug, reporter, budgetInfo, notes, `section`, deadline, art_photos sidebar, sBudget) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['rundate'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['slug'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['reporter'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['budgetInfo'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['notes'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['section'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['deadline'], "text"),
                  GetSQLValueString($_POST['art_photos'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['sidebar'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['sBudget'], "text"));

  mysql_select_db($database_connAdmin, $connAdmin);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $connAdmin) or die(mysql_error());
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Budget Record</title>

</head>

<body>
<?php
if (isset($error)) {
   echo '<ul>';
   foreach($error as $alert) {
      echo "<li class='warning'>$alert</li>\n";
   }
   echo '</ul>';
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" method="POST" name="form1" id="form1">
  <table align="center" width="60%" border="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td width="14%" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"><STRONG>Rundate:</STRONG></td>
      <td width="86%">
        <input type="text" name="rundate" size="30" value="" id="jQueryUICalendar2"/>
        <script type="text/javascript">
// BeginWebWidget jQuery_UI_Calendar: jQueryUICalendar2
jQuery("#jQueryUICalendar2").datepicker();

// EndWebWidget jQuery_UI_Calendar: jQueryUICalendar2
              </script></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><STRONG>Section:</STRONG></td>
      <td>
        <select name="section">
        <option value=""></option>
          <option value="A1">A1</option>
          <option value="Pickup All">Pickup All</option>
          <option value="Region">Region</option>
          <option value="Atlantic">Atlantic</option>
            <option value="Business">Business</option>
          <option value="Features">Features</option>
          <option value="Sports">Sports</option>
        </select>
     </td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Slug:</strong></td>
      <td><span id="sprytextfield2">
      <input type="text" name="slug" value="" size="32" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">REQUIRED</span></span><span style="color: #F00; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px;"></span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Budget Information:</strong></td>
      <td><span id="sprytextarea1">
        <textarea name="budgetInfo" cols="50" rows="4"></textarea>
<span class="textareaRequiredMsg">Required.</span></span><span style="color: #F00; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;"></span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Notes:</strong></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="notes" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Reporter:</strong></td>
      <td><span id="sprytextfield3">
        <input type="text" name="reporter" value="" size="32" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required.</span></span><span style="color: #F00; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px;"></span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Deadline:</strong></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="deadline" size="30" value="Enter date" id="jQueryUICalendar1"/><script type="text/javascript">
// BeginWebWidget jQuery_UI_Calendar: jQueryUICalendar2
jQuery("#jQueryUICalendar1").datepicker();

// EndWebWidget jQuery_UI_Calendar: jQueryUICalendar2
              </script> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Artwork:</strong></td>
      <td><label>
          <input type="checkbox" name="art_photos[]" value="factbox" id="art_photos_0"  />
          Factbox</label>
       
        <label>
          <input type="checkbox" name="art_photos[]" value="graphic" id="art_photos_1" />
          Graphic</label>
       
        <label>
          <input type="checkbox" name="art_photos[]" value="photo" id="art_photos_2" />
          Photo</label>
       
        <label>
          <input type="checkbox" name="art_photos[]" value="video" id="art_photos_3"  />
          Video</label>
      <br /></td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
       
    </tr>
       <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">      <strong>Sidebar:</strong></td>
      <td valign="baseline"><span id="spryradio2">
        <label>
          <input type="radio" name="sidebar" value="y" id="sidebar_0" />
          Yes</label>
        <br />
        <label>
          <input type="radio" name="sidebar" value="n" id="sidebar_1" />
          No</label>
        <br />
        <span class="radioRequiredMsg"><strong style="font-size: 11px">REQUIRED.</strong></span></span>
       
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right"><strong>Sidebar Information:</strong></td>
      <td><input type="text" name="sBudget" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><input type="submit" value="Insert record" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1" />
</form>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><a href="/new_budget/admin/manage_budgets.php"><strong>View your budget entry, make changes or delete your budget.</strong></a></h3>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
jQuery("#jQueryUICalendar1").datepicker();
jQuery("#jQueryUICalendar2").datepicker();
var sprytextfield2 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField("sprytextfield2", "none", {maxChars:15, validateOn:["change"]});
var sprytextarea1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextarea("sprytextarea1", {validateOn:["change"]});
var sprytextfield3 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationTextField("sprytextfield3");
var spryradio2 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationRadio("spryradio2");
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>