I have written this function below to return the values from the $_POST global that can be used in the PDO statement. I just want suggestions if this is a good way to do it. I know that the "implode" part might not be very flexible but i would like to know how this can be improved. Any help with the logic and improving the function is deeply appreciated. Thanks.
/**
* This function loops through the $_POST global and returns parameters that can be used in
* a PDO statement directly. Note : For this function to work properly the
* PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES should be set to "false"
* like so "$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false)".
* @param Array $exclude This is an array of keys in $_POST that you want the function to ignore
* @return Array The function returns an array that can be used as parameters for the PDO statement
*/
function get_params($exclude = array()) {
$keys = array();
$values = array();
$placeholder_keys = array();
$params = array();
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
if(!in_array($key, $exclude)) {
$keys[] = $key;
$placeholder_keys[] = ":" . $key;
if(is_array($value)){
$value = implode(",", $value);
}
$values[] = $value;
}
}
$comma_sep_keys = implode(",", $keys);
$comma_sep_placeholder_keys = implode(",", $placeholder_keys);
$params['keys'] = $keys;
$params['values'] = $values;
$params['placeholder_keys'] = $placeholder_keys;
$params['comma_sep_keys'] = $comma_sep_keys;
$params['comma_sep_placeholder_keys'] = $comma_sep_placeholder_keys;
return $params;
}