<?php
$my_array=array(1,2,3,4); // put the array in a session variable
$_SESSION['cart']=$my_array;
// create IN placeholders
$sql1 = "SELECT * FROM product WHERE id IN ($in)";
$params = $_SESSION['cart'] ;
//$stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql1); commented out for demo
//$stmt->execute($params); commented out for demo
echo $sql1, PHP_EOL
, print_r($params, true);
PD9waHAKJG15X2FycmF5PWFycmF5KDEsMiwzLDQpOwovLyBwdXQgdGhlIGFycmF5IGluIGEgc2Vzc2lvbiB2YXJpYWJsZQokX1NFU1NJT05bJ2NhcnQnXT0kbXlfYXJyYXk7Ci8vIGNyZWF0ZSBJTiBwbGFjZWhvbGRlcnMKJGluID0gc3RyX3JlcGVhdCgnPywnLCBjb3VudCgkX1NFU1NJT05bJ2NhcnQnXSkgLSAxKSAuICc/JzsKJHNxbDEgPSAiU0VMRUNUICogRlJPTSBwcm9kdWN0IFdIRVJFIGlkIElOICgkaW4pIjsKJHBhcmFtcyA9ICRfU0VTU0lPTlsnY2FydCddIDsKLy8kc3RtdCA9ICRkYmgtPnByZXBhcmUoJHNxbDEpOyBjb21tZW50ZWQgb3V0IGZvciBkZW1vCi8vJHN0bXQtPmV4ZWN1dGUoJHBhcmFtcyk7IGNvbW1lbnRlZCBvdXQgZm9yIGRlbW8KZWNobyAkc3FsMSwgUEhQX0VPTCwgcHJpbnRfcigkcGFyYW1zLCB0cnVlKTs=