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    copied!<p>How do I make an automated query that adds another VALUES row based on how many inputs with the names: name, ingredients and price there are?</p> <p><strong>The form looks like this:</strong></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3gRwf.png" alt="the form"> <em>When you press new row there will be another 'New item' box showing up and I want the SQL to record how many rows there are. Each 'New Item' = new value for the query.</em></p> <p><strong>SQL:</strong></p> <pre><code>if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){ $status_input = $stmt = $dbh -&gt;prepare(" INSERT INTO menues( restaurant_id, title, subtitle, name, ingredients, price, category, upload_date) VALUES (:restaurant_id,:title, :subtitle, :name, :ingredients, :price, :category, NOW()) (:restaurant_id,:title, :subtitle, :name, :ingredients, :price, :category, NOW()) (:restaurant_id,:title, :subtitle, :name, :ingredients, :price, :category, NOW()) "); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":restaurant_id", $userdata[0]['user_id']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":title", $_POST['title']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":subtitle", $_POST['subtitle']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":name", $_POST['name']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":ingredients", $_POST['ingredients']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":price", $_POST['price']); $stmt-&gt;bindParam(":category", $userdata[0]['category']); $stmt-&gt;execute(); } </code></pre> <p>Restaurant_id, title, subtitle, category and upload_date should all be the same for each row.</p> <p><strong>jQuery and HTML:</strong></p> <pre><code>$(document).ready( function() { $('.newmenu').hide(); $('.zero h3 a').click(function() { $('.newmenu').slideToggle(); }); $('.newmenu &gt; ul li p.add').click(function(){ $('.newmenu &gt; ul li.edit').before("&lt;li class='newrow'&gt;&lt;h6&gt;New item&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Name:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='name' placeholder='name' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='ingredients' placeholder='ingredients' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Price:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='price' placeholder='price' /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;"); }); }); &lt;form method='post' action='newmenu.php' class='newmenu'&gt; &lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Namn:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='title' placeholder='namn' /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Undertext:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type='text' name='subtitle' placeholder='namn' /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class='newrow'&gt; &lt;h6&gt;New item&lt;/h6&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Name:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;input type='text' name='name' placeholder='name' /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;input type='text' name='ingredients' placeholder='ingredients' /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Price:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;input type='text' name='price' placeholder='price' /&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="edit"&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Submit"&gt; &lt;p class="add"&gt;New row&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/form&gt; </code></pre>
 

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