There is:

// The EASY way:

// adjust form to this:
{{ Form::text('first_names[][first_name]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('first_names[][first_name]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('first_names[][first_name]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
...

// then simply:
DB::table('members')->insert(Input::get('first_names'));

But query builder insert method doesn't check mass assignement constraints and it could be easily forged, so instead just a bit harder, but a BETTER way:

{{ Form::text('first_name[]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('first_name[]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
...

// then
$first_names = array_build(Input::get('first_names'), function ($key, $name) {
      return array($key, array('first_name'=>is_array($name) ? $name[0] : $name));
});
DB::table('members')->insert($first_names);

This way you make sure that only first_name field will be inserted, and all done in only single query.

thanks for this , i like "The EASY way" very good !

i trying someting like this and thanks for RiDdLeS

/**
* add user dependents
 */
$deps  = Input::only('full_name','gender','dep_date_birth','school','passport_no');

            $full_name = $deps['full_name'];
            $gender = $deps['gender'];
            $dep_date = $deps['dep_date_birth'];
            $school = $deps['school'];
            $passport_no = $deps['passport_no'];

            foreach( $full_name as $key => $n ) {
                DB::table('users_dependents')->insert(
                    array(
                        'full_name' => $full_name[$key],
                        'gender' => $gender[$key],
                        'dep_date_birth' => $dep_date[$key],
                        'school' => $school[$key],
                        'passport_no' => $passport_no[$key],
                        'user_id' => $getUserID
                    )
                );
            }

your way give something like this

array(5) [
    'full_names' => array(1) [
        array(1) [
            'full_name' => string (9) "sdfsdfsdf"
        ]
    ]
    'genders' => array(1) [
        array(1) [
            'gender' => string (3) "boy"
        ]
    ]
    'dep_date_births' => array(1) [
        array(1) [
            'dep_date_birth' => string (10) "53/53/4534"
        ]
    ]
    'schools' => array(1) [
        array(1) [
            'school' => string (6) "gggggg"
        ]
    ]
    'passport_nos' => array(1) [
        array(1) [
            'passport_no' => string (11) "444-444-444"
        ]
    ]
]

Here jQuery example if you want

    $(document).ready(function () {

        $(".add_more_dep").click(
            function(){

                var clone = $('#dependents').clone();
                clone.find("input").val("");
                clone.appendTo('#dependents:last');

                return false;
            }
        );

    });

The idea behind the easy way is that you can run single query for the insert query providing array of arrays, and every one of the nested arrays is a set of data to be inserted. So the example was just for a single field like in your question, but if you have more of the fields then:

// Say we want to save a Member with fields full_name, gender, school.
// you need to specify
{{ Form::text('members[0][first_name]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('members[0][gender]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('members[0][school]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}

{{ Form::text('members[1][first_name]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('members[1][gender]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::text('members[1][school]', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}

...

// next no need of a foreach like in you example, simply this:

$input = Input::get('members');
DB::table('members')->insert($input); // this is going to be a batch insert, values will be send as bindings to PDO

im looking at this again tomorrow. i skipped it and moved to other stuff for a while after trying with no luck. thanks for all the help i really appreciate it.

Hi, im new on laravel, i have a question, where should i put this code? in order to make the insert into the database:

$input = Input::get('members'); DB::table('members')->insert($input); // this is going to be a batch insert, values will be send as bindings to PDO

jarektkaczyk said:

$input = Input::get('members');
DB::table('members')->insert($input); // this is going to be a batch insert, values will be send as bindings to PDO

but what if in such a mass insert you already have in db some values ? what would be the best way to mass insert and check for not duplicating the records?

In a singular instance utilizing Eloquent there is

http://laravel.com/api/5.0/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.html#method_updateOrCreate

For bulk motions, the bottom answer in the following link, essentially states to construct a DB statement with an ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE statement:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17317193/how-can-i-use-update-or-insert-with-laravel-4

When I'm running an edit form which may contain any number of rows, I insert a hidden field to designate those with an ID. When inserting or updating, I additionally check for ownership of rows being updated.

This also allows me to separate the entries which are updated, deleted, or inserted and deal with them differently if I desire.

@jarektkaczyk how to add forign key value in same table ...