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    copied!<p>This is my array for top 10 movies</p> <pre><code>$data() = Array ( [0] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 1. [rating] =&gt; 9.2 [title] =&gt; The Shawshank Redemption [year] =&gt; 1994 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 643,339 ) [1] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 2. [rating] =&gt; 9.2 [title] =&gt; The Godfather [year] =&gt; 1972 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 488,694 ) [2] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 3. [rating] =&gt; 9.0 [title] =&gt; The Godfather: Part II [year] =&gt; 1974 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 301,665 ) [3] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 4. [rating] =&gt; 8.9 [title] =&gt; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [year] =&gt; 1966 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 202,341 ) [4] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 5. [rating] =&gt; 8.9 [title] =&gt; Pulp Fiction [year] =&gt; 1994 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 507,363 ) [5] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 6. [rating] =&gt; 8.9 [title] =&gt; 12 Angry Men [year] =&gt; 1957 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 154,104 ) [6] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 7. [rating] =&gt; 8.9 [title] =&gt; Schindler's List [year] =&gt; 1993 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 337,187 ) [7] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 8. [rating] =&gt; 8.8 [title] =&gt; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [year] =&gt; 1975 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 265,303 ) [8] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 9. [rating] =&gt; 8.8 [title] =&gt; The Dark Knight [year] =&gt; 2008 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 578,207 ) [9] =&gt; Array ( [rank] =&gt; 10. [rating] =&gt; 8.8 [title] =&gt; Inception [year] =&gt; 2010 [number_of_votes] =&gt; 415,584 ) ) </code></pre> <p>Schema</p> <pre><code>mysql_query("CREATE TABLE TopMovies (rank INT, rating VARCHAR(3), title VARCHAR(50), year INT, number_of_votes INT )"); </code></pre> <p>This is my loop</p> <pre><code>foreach ($data as $movie =&gt; $rows) { foreach ($rows as $row =&gt; $columns) { $query = "INSERT INTO TopMovies (rank, rating, title, year, number_of_votes) VALUES ({$columns['rank']}, {$columns['rating']}, {$columns['title']}, {$columns['year']}, {$columns['number_of_votes']});"; } mysql_query($query); } </code></pre> <p>This is what I get, what's wrong?</p> <pre><code>+------+--------+-------+------+-----------------+ | rank | rating | title | year | number_of_votes | +------+--------+-------+------+-----------------+ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +------+--------+-------+------+-----------------+ </code></pre>
 

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