Use json instead.. U can store multi-dimentional array and can be used in multi-platform.. Sent from my iPhone On 04-Nov-2010, at 6:06 PM, Prasad C <prasadcnair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: If that's single dimensional array, implode it to string and store in DB as VARCHAR or MEDIUMTEXT or TEXT. Use explode when you want it back to array.. On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Joseph Griffin <griffinhere@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: you may use simple "foreach" loop for that. <?php $arr = array("one", "two", "three"); foreach ($arr as $value) { $insertDbSql = "INSERT INFO `myTbl` VALUES('$value')"; } ?> ________________________________ From: melissa_brown35 <melissa_brown35@xxxxxxxxx<melissa_brown35%40yahoo.com> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <php-objects%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 2:52:03 PM Subject: how save elements of an array in database how save elements of an array in database when we do not know that how many elements are in array Like elements might be 5 or 10. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- -Prasad C +91 994 672 5488 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please don't print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary, lets save some trees, and Mother Nature [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Are you looking for a PHP job? Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ Yahoo! Groups Links