Fw: [PHP] mySQL Queries using PHP's SESSION variables

You might be making it more difficult than it needs to me. You're not dealing with a huge number of queries here so why not just loop it? I would simply loop through the $_SESSION array and query the dbase for each item. foreach ($_SESSION as $key => $val) { $query = "SELECT * FROM inventory WHERE itemnumber = '$val'"; $result = mysql_query($query, $db); // .. blah blah blah... } -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anup" <anup_patel@rogers.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:51 PM Subject: [PHP] mySQL Queries using PHP's SESSION variables > Hello, I am stuck here. In the name of efficiency I want to lower the number > of callls to the database. So I am trying to give the most stringent query > possible. This is the problem: I have stored the surfers shopping cart, > where each item is stored as a session variable.Now on the database I have > ALL inventory items, but I want to only display the details of what the user > has in his cart. > eg. : I want something like this: > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * from Inventory where ItemNumber is in > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS"); > // I need proper syntax to replace "is in" > > where Inventory has, ItemNumber (unique), Price, ItemName. > So say the surfer has three items in the Session, then I stored the three > unique ItemNumbers. > Then with the above query I can get the rest of the information to represent > to the user. > I am looking down the avenues of a Set datastyp or maybe Enum, but I don't > know if it will help. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >