update mysql without manually tying SET statements

From	apavluck@gmail.com
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	update mysql without manually tying SET statements
Date	2012-05-16 07:12 -0700
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I am trying to setup some generic code that will allow me to update a mysql database via form and php.  I can capture the data in the row of the database that I want to update.  I can present that in a form populated with the existing values.  What I can't figure out how to do is to avoid typing out the SET statements in the update query.

ex

$sql = "update myhugedatabase
SET
reporter = '$_POST[reporter]',
date = '$_POST[date]',
district = '$_POST[district]',
village = '$_POST[village]',
school = '$_POST[school]',
address = '$_POST[address]',
teacher = '$_POST[teacher]',
teacher_contact = '$_POST[teacher_contact]',
alt_teach = '$_POST[alt_teach]',
alt_teach_contact = '$_POST[alt_teach_contact]',
gps = '$_POST[gps]',
etc
etc
etc

The reason I want to do this is because I manage many projects all with their own variables and databases and the update is the only part that I have to type in manually.

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update mysql without manually tying SET statements apavluck@gmail.com - 2012-05-16 07:12 -0700
  Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements Shake <QUITAESTO@QUITAESTO.NOES> - 2012-05-16 16:23 +0200
    Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-16 18:06 +0200
    Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements apavluck@gmail.com - 2012-05-17 11:06 -0700
      Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements Shake <alex.estevezQUENO@QUENOfilnet.es> - 2012-05-17 21:06 +0200
  Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-05-16 22:48 +0200
    Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements IRC <ircadhikari@gmail.com> - 2012-05-17 04:14 -0700
      Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-18 10:49 +0200
  Re: update mysql without manually tying SET statements bill <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2012-05-17 07:09 -0400

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