Re: Concatenate PHP code into a string

> Dear List, > How can I include a dynamically generated array: > e.g. for($i=0; $i<sizeof($cols); $i++) > { $cols[$i]= mysql_field_name($fields,$i); } > > into a MySQL insert query of the type: -snip- /** {{{2 * create an INSERT or UPDATE query based on values of an associative array, * where keys are the column names to be modified. * * @param array values an associative array * @param string table the table name * @param string type the query type, currently only 'INSERT' or * 'UPDATE' * @return mixed a SQL query string on success, false otherwise (e.g., no * keys found matching valid column names) */ function array_to_query($values, $table, $type) // {{{3 { if(!is_array($values)) return false; foreach($values as $col => $val) { $values[$col] = db::quote($val); if(is_null($val)) unset($values[$col]); } switch($type) { case 'INSERT': $query = sprintf('INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s)', $table, join(',', array_keys($values)), join(',', $values)); break; case 'UPDATE': foreach($values as $col => $val) $values[$col] = " ${col} = ${val}"; $query = "UPDATE $table SET " . join(',', $values); break; default: trigger_error("Unrecognized query type '$type' supplied to db_array_to_query()", E_USER_WARNING); return false; } return $query; } --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html