{"id":707,"date":"2014-07-11T06:03:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T06:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siriinnovations.com\/blog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2019-04-10T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:15:24","slug":"save-multiple-input-entries-one-column-mysql-using-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siriinnovations.com\/blog\/save-multiple-input-entries-one-column-mysql-using-php\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save multiple input entries in one column in mysql using php?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serialization method &#8211; <em>serialize()<\/em> is to store multiple fields in single column. PHP is able to automatically serialize most of its variables to strings &#8211; letting you save them into storage like $_SESSION. However, there are some tweaks you have to know to avoid exploding .php scripts and performance problems.<\/p>\n<p><em>serialize()<\/em> converts an array, given as its only parameter, into a normal string that you can save in a file, pass in a URL, etc. Unserialize()\u00a0is the opposite of <em>serialize()<\/em> &#8211; it takes a <em>serialize<\/em>d string and converts it back to an array.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Post request you have received $_POST data for name, mobile, address, email.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code\" lang=\"php\">\r\n&lt;?php\r\n$data = $_POST;\r\n$data_serialize = serialize($data);\r\n?&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>resulting array will be<\/p>\n<pre class=\"default prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">a<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">4<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:{<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">4<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"name\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">3<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"abc\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">6<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"mobile\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">13<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"9874325972398\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">\r\ns<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">7<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"address\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">4<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"test\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">5<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"email\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span><span class=\"pln\">s<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"lit\">13<\/span><span class=\"pun\">:<\/span><span class=\"str\">\"test@test.com\"<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;}\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/code><code><span class=\"pun\">use this serialized string to insert into database.<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p><strong>Unserialize value from DB:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>$data_unserialize = unserialize($records_serialize);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Serialization method &#8211; serialize() is to store multiple fields in single column. PHP is able to automatically serialize most of its variables to strings &#8211; letting you save them into storage like $_SESSION. However, there are some tweaks you have to know to avoid exploding .php scripts and performance problems. serialize() converts an array, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,49,6],"tags":[93,95,94],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-php-tutorials","category-tutorials","tag-multiple-input-entries","tag-multiple-input-entries-in-one-column-in-mysql-using-php","tag-one-column-in-mysql"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to save multiple input entries in one column in mysql using php? - Siri Innovations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siriinnovations.com\/blog\/save-multiple-input-entries-one-column-mysql-using-php\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to save multiple input entries in one column in mysql using php? - Siri Innovations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction: Serialization method &#8211; serialize() is to store multiple fields in single column. 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