How to Store a PHP Array in MySQL
Save a PHP array in mySQL column This article explores how to save PHP arrays in MySQL. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system that allows you to store data in rows and columns. SQL stands for Structured Query Language for manipulating and retrieving data from SQL databases. Know more about MySQL. Before You Read! The article requires you to connect to your MySQL database with PHP, create a table and connect to it in PHP. If you’re not familiar with all these consider learning it from w3schools. Here we just focus on different ways of storing arrays in MySQL PHP. Storing Arrays in a Normalized Table Employees Table You need to create an employee table at your end if you’re trying out the examples in the article. For your convenience, here’s the SQL table creation code for you. CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEES_TABLE ( id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,…
