Table: Name of table to update
Data: array of $field->$value with new values
Id Field: Name of field to use as ID field
Id Value: Value of ID field
function mysql_update_array($table, $data, $id_field, $id_value) { foreach ($data as $field=>$value) { $fields[] = sprintf("`%s` = '%s'", $field, mysql_real_escape_string($value)); } $field_list = join(',', $fields); $query = sprintf("UPDATE `%s` SET %s WHERE `%s` = %s", $table, $field_list, $id_field, intval($id_value)); return $query; }