The mysql_fetch_assoc "converts" a row from a table into an associative array.
The mysql_insert_array "converts" an associative array into a row in a table.

By : LunLun

Please see a full working example in the zip file.

<?php
function mysql_insert_array ($my_table, $my_array) {


// Version 1.1
// 31.aug..2006 12:41
// Copyright: you may do whatever you wish (and can ;-) ) with this code

// Find all the keys from the array $my_array
$keys = array_keys($my_array);

// Find the number of the keys
$keys_number = count($keys);

// Generate the column name for the $sql query
$column_names = "(";
$values = "(";

for ($i = 0; $i < $keys_number; $i++) {
$column_name = $keys[$i];

// We don't add "," after the last one
if ($i == ($keys_number - 1)) {
$column_names .= "`$keys[$i]`";
$values .= "'$my_array[$column_name]'";
} else {
$column_names .= "`$keys[$i]`" . ", ";
$values .= "'$my_array[$column_name]'" . ", ";
}
}

// Proper end the column name and the value
$column_names .= ")";
$values .= ")";

// We compose the query
$sql = "insert into `$my_table` ";
$sql .= $column_names;
$sql .= ' values ';
$sql .= $values;

$result = mysql_query($sql);

if ($result)
{
echo "The row was added sucessfully";
return true;
}
else
{
echo ("The row was not added<br>The error was" . mysql_error());
return false;
}
}
?>

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