I have a form that collects several values into an array[]. How do I create a dynamic query based on the values of the array[]? For example, say the values are company ids and match the company_id in table companies. I loop through the array[] as follows: 
while($x = each($assigned_to)) 
        { 
        print "$x[0] => $x[1]<BR>"; 
        }

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Let's say the basic query is as follows: 
$sql = <<END_SQL;

select 
   comp_name
from
   companies
where 
   company_id='10'

END_SQL

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My array[], or as indicated in the while loop $assigned_to values are '10','15','20'. I now want the query to look something like the following: 
$sql = <<END_SQL;

select 
   comp_name
from
   companies
where 
   company_id='10'
and
   company_id='15'
and
   company_id='20'

END_SQL

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Any thoughts on a way to approach this?

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