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Description

Inserts a row into a table based on an objects properties

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Syntax

insertObject($table, &$object, $keyName=NULL)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$table		The name of the table
&$object		An object whose properties match table fields
$keyName	NULL	The name of the primary key. If provided the object property is updated.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database/mysqli.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database.mysqli' );

Source Body

function insertObject( $table, &$object, $keyName = NULL )
{
        $fmtsql = 'INSERT INTO '.$this->nameQuote($table).' ( %s ) VALUES ( %s ) ';
        $fields = array();
        foreach (get_object_vars( $object ) as $k => $v) {
                if (is_array($v) or is_object($v) or $v === NULL) {
                        continue;
                }
                if ($k[0] == '_') { // internal field
                        continue;
                }
                $fields[] = $this->nameQuote( $k );
                $values[] = $this->isQuoted( $k ) ? $this->Quote( $v ) : (int) $v;
        }
        $this->setQuery( sprintf( $fmtsql, implode( ",", $fields ) ,  implode( ",", $values ) ) );
        if (!$this->query()) {
                return false;
        }
        $id = $this->insertid();
        if ($keyName && $id) {
                $object->$keyName = $id;
        }
        return true;
}

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Examples

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