I am using a prepared statement to insert multiple rows into a table using a for
loop. What I require is for the same value ($id
) to be inserted into all rows of the "id" column. Likewise, the timestamp should be inserted into the "submitted" column over all iterations.
My current code only inserts one column. Here is the code:
if($stmt = $link->prepare("INSERT INTO table (id, alt_ord, alt_id, rank, submitted) VALUES ($id,?,?,?, NOW())")){
$stmt->bind_param('iii', $q_ord, $q_ID, $rating);
for($i=0; $i < count($_POST['alt_ord']); $i++){
$q_ord = $_POST['alt_ord'][$i];
$q_ID = $_POST['alt_id'][$i];
$rating = $_POST['rank_'][$i];
$stmt->execute();
}
$stmt->close();
}
Using a combination of ?s with $id
and NOW()
in the INSERT
statement is clearly incorrect. How would I repeat the ID and timestamp values in the insert as intended?