delete multiple rows using check box in PHP

[deepti thakur]

Hi ,
I am trying to figure out why my PHP code to delete multiple value by selecting the checkbox is not working.

[omerbutt]

what is not working? where is the code ?, any errors received , paste them here
regards,
Omer Aslam

[Bharat383]

transfer the values of all checkboxes that are selected .
save all that in one array or one variable. if you saved them into one variable then explode its seperate
it's better to save those selected values in one array.
after that fire delete query using loop.

[zorgi]

transfer the values of all checkboxes that are selected .
save all that in one array or one variable. if you saved them into one variable then explode its seperate
it's better to save those selected values in one array.
after that fire delete query using loop.

Looping and deleting is ok but probably not the best solution and is much slower than using pure SQL:

DELETE FROM `your_table` WHERE `id` IN (1,2,3,4)

If you have an array of row ids that you want to delete you could do something like this:

$ids = array(1, 2, 3, 4);
$sql = "DELETE FROM `your_table` WHERE `id` IN (" . implode(',', $ids) . ")";

No need for looping.

[omerbutt]

@ zorgi , yes you are very right looping will not be as faster as the pure SQL , and thats where it takes the edge, and is best fastest way to delete multiple records.
regards,
Omer Aslam

[Artnessde]

just my 2cent ... never forget to sanitize the input - you never know if the array of values you get from external input will be numbers all the way :-)