# AS3-PHP-MYSQL Efficiency question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php-mysql-efficiency-question/259145>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 1, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php-mysql-efficiency-question/259145 "2008-05-01T13:55:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-php-mysql-efficiency-question/259145/1 "2008-05-01T13:55:20Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am working on system where flash takes the input of 127 textboxes inside a movieclip, the communicates all the values to PHP who then in turn puts it into a database. My question is this. MYSQL cannot store arrays so it needs to be a string with some kind of speperator to know when a new entry starts (ex. “%”). My question is this, is it better to combine all the flash array values in one string, then send it to PHP as a string and then simply get PHP put the value in the database, or should I send all the array values to PHP, have it combine them into one string and put it into the database? Your help is greatly appreciated.