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MySQL PHP check if column exists in table prior to insert

Asked by sabecs in PHP and Databases, PHP Scripting Language, MySQL Server

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Hi,
I have previously received an answer for looping through session variables to enter values into my MySQL table.

$_SESSION['username']
$_SESSION['password']
$_SESSION['applicant_name']
$_SESSION['email']
$_SESSION['telephone']
$_SESSION['fax']
.
.

foreach($_SESSION as $key=>$value){
     $data[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
}

$keys = implode(',',array_keys($data));
$values = implode("','",$data);

$sql = "INSERT INTO retail_users (" . $keys . ") VALUES ('" . $values . "');
$result = mysql_query($sql);

Can this been modified further to only insert a value if a column exist in the table.

$_SESSION['username'] goes to username column in retail_users table etc&
$_SESSION['password'] goes to password column in retail_users table etc&

But if say $_SESSION['other'] exists but there is no other column in my table then bypass.

Thanks in advance for your help.
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