Hi,
I just want to share this function to you that can split an array and return it and formatted as: 'element1','element2' etc.
This is useful in your WHERE clause particulary if you are using IN
e.g. select id, lastname, firstname from farmers_table where id in ([B]'3408', '1223'[/B]);
The BOLD letters above is the return format of this function..
Enjoy. Hope it helps :)
function convert_INstr($test_str) {
$isthere_acomma = stripos($test_str,",");
if ($isthere_acomma > 0) {
if (strlen($test_str) > 0) {
$arr_teststr = split(",",$test_str);
if (count($arr_teststr) > 0) {
foreach($arr_teststr as $mx) {
$in_str .= "'" . $mx . "',";
}
}
$in_str = substr($in_str,0,(strlen($in_str)-1));
}
} else {
$in_str = $test_str;
}//end of if ($isthere_acomma > 0) statement
return $in_str;
}
This is how to use the function
<?php
$arr_pcs = array("3408","1203","3421");
$imp_pbihid = implode(",",$arr_pcs);
$str_format_split = convert_INstr($imp_pbihid);
echo $str_format_split;
?>