Hey guys,

I have been looking for a good example for what I am trying to do, but I am finding it harder than I expected. I have a script that builds an array of words using regex.

What I would like to do is push this array into a MySQL table. The script iterates through a file, line by line, and finds several things per line. e.g.

Each line would be something like this:

Selling a boat for $100. Please call John Smith at 555-1234. My address is 123 Spring Lane, Springfield MO 12345.

So, lets say you have hundreds of lines like this and you want:

@array = (Smith, John, boat, $100, 123 Spring Lane, Springfield, MO, 12345);

I reinitialize the array for each line, so I have an array for the info I want for each "ad". I want to be able to push this into an "ads" table in a MySQL table, but I can't find a good example of specifically doing it with an array.. I got all the way to the VALUES part, and couldn't find a good recipe for the syntax. I was hoping it might be like this: 

$query = INSTERT INTO ads ("lname,fname,item,price,street,city,state,z
+ip) VALUES (@array);

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Thanks for your help in advance.

In reply to DBI and Inserting an Array by carric

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