SELECT and INSERT a String.

hi all, help me please.

CREATE TABLE `a_table` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `phone` varchar(20) NOT NULL,
  `group` varchar(20) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (1, '111', 'cd');
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (2, '222', 'cd');
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (3, '333', 'cd');
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (4, '444', 'xy');
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (5, '555', 'xy');
INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (6, '666', 'xy');

CREATE TABLE `b_table` (
`id` VARCHAR( 11 ) NOT NULL ,
`phone` VARCHAR( 20 ) NOT NULL ,
`message` VARCHAR( 50 ) NOT NULL ,
PRIMARY KEY ( `id` )
) ENGINE = MYISAM ;

I want to SELECT phone FROM a_table WHERE group =xy. and insert a string = "I LOVE YOU" to b_table(phone,message).

condition row of b_table After Query/ Insert is:

----+----------------+----------------------+
id  | phone          |  message             |
----+----------------+----------------------+
1   | 444            |  I LOVE YOU          |
----+----------------+----------------------+
2   | 555            |  I LOVE YOU          |
----+----------------+----------------------+
3   | 666            |  I LOVE YOU          |
----+----------------+----------------------+

how to create query  for this problem.

Thank you.

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INSERT INTO b_table
    (phone, message)
SELECT (phone, 'I LOVE YOU')
FROM a_table
WHERE group = 'xy'

13.2.5.1. INSERT ... SELECT Syntax

but, there is no field message in the  a_table, 'I LOVE YOU' is a string.

$message="I LOVE YOU";

but, there is no field message in the  a_table, 'I LOVE YOU' is a string.

$message="I LOVE YOU";

And who said we are selecting a "field" called `I LOVE YOU`? Did you notice that it is defined in that query as a String enclosed by single strait quote marks 'I LOVE YOU' and not a field with back ticks `I LOVE YOU`. Did you even take the 5 seconds needed to try the perfectly valid solution I provided you? No, because if you had you would have seen that it will work. It is perfectly valid to SELECT other things than fields. You can select static values, expressions, date/time, etc. etc. The MySQL manual is littered with such examples.

mysql> SELECT 1 + 1;
        -> 2

$message="I LOVE YOU";
// INSERT INTO b_table (phone,message) VALUES ('Values of phone', 'Values of message')

// Values of phone = values from phone field  a_table.

// Values of message = $message == "I LOVE YOU";

problem Query

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You have also posted that in the PHP Help forum http://forums.phpfreaks.com/index.php?topic=364062.msg1723804#msg1723804

Don't double post - it just wastes our time.

gacoksa, did you even TRY what I provided you? It will do what you want - you just don't understand enough about SQL to know that it will and you are dismissing it out of hand. Not only is double posting a waste of time so is not trying the solutions provided. The code you are trying to use is worthless. You don't need a while loop. The format of the query I provided will work.

This is ALL you need

include ("koneksi.php");
$con = mysql_connect($servername,$username ,$password);
if (!$con)
{
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("smsd");
$group = mysql_real_escape_string(trim($_POST['group']));
$message = mysql_real_escape_string(trim($_POST['message']));

$balas_sms = "INSERT INTO outbox (phone_number, text)
              SELECT phone, '$message'
              FROM contacts
              WHERE group_name = '$group'";
$hasil_balas_sms = mysql_query($balas_sms);

Quick note here. You don't have to have 5 different insert queries.

INSERT INTO `a_table` VALUES (6, '666', 'xy'),(6, '666', 'xy'),(6, '666', 'xy'),(6, '666', 'xy'),(6, '666', 'xy') 

Is the equivalent of 5 different inserts