Title: Multiple user_meta VS Array user_meta
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multiple user_meta VS Array user_meta

 *  Resolved [lidya1859](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lidya1859/)
 * (@lidya1859)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-user_meta-vs-array-user_meta/)
 * First,,i’m sorry if i’m wrong to post here. I just wanna ask which is the best
   when i have some detail for each user..is it the best to make multiple user_meta??
   i mean something like this
 *     ```
       update_user_meta($id,'address',$address);
       update_user_meta($id,'phone',$phone);
       update_user_meta($id,'point',$point);
       update_user_meta($id,'gender',$gender);
       ```
   
 * or just make one user meta and store it in array?? like this:
 *     ```
       $value = array('address'=>$address,'phone'=>$phone,'point'=>$point,'gender'=>$gender);
       update_user_meta($id,'detail-user',$value);
       ```
   
 * i don’t get any problem when i’m using the first one..but i reconsider it because
   i have user around 200.000..but is it really okay if i’m using array?? what’s
   your opinion??

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-user_meta-vs-array-user_meta/#post-3894269)
 * The anser to this depends on how often you’ll need to access the meta data, and
   if you’ll ever neet to search through it. If it’s just some extra stuff for you,
   and you’ll never use it for indexing or searching, then saving it as an array
   is fine. If you think there’s even a possibility of needing to search by a single
   value then store them separately. It will amke your life a lot eaiser in the 
   long run. The amount of records in the DB won’t be an issue – MySQL can handle
   some pretty high numbers, so it’s nothing to be concerned about.
 *  Thread Starter [lidya1859](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lidya1859/)
 * (@lidya1859)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-user_meta-vs-array-user_meta/#post-3894343)
 * ooo…i see..
    thanks for your answer.. 🙂

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