UPDATE mytable SET myfield = 'value' WHERE other_field = 'other_value';

UPDATE mytable SET myfield = 'value' WHERE other_field in ('other_values');

foreach ($values as $id => $myvalue) {
 $sql = "UPDATE mytable SET myfield = $myvalue WHERE id = $id";
 mysql_query($sql);
}

UPDATE mytable
 SET myfield = CASE id
 WHEN 1 THEN 'myvalue1'
 WHEN 2 THEN 'myvalue2'
 WHEN 3 THEN 'myvalue3'
 END
WHERE other_field ('other_values')

UPDATE mytable
 SET myfield1 = CASE id
 WHEN 1 THEN 'myvalue11'
 WHEN 2 THEN 'myvalue12'
 WHEN 3 THEN 'myvalue13'
 END,
 myfield2 = CASE id
 WHEN 1 THEN 'myvalue21'
 WHEN 2 THEN 'myvalue22'
 WHEN 3 THEN 'myvalue23'
 END
WHERE id IN (1,2,3)

$ids_values = array(
 1 => 11,
 2 => 22,
 3 => 33,
 4 => 44,
 5 => 55,
 6 => 66,
 7 => 77,
 8 => 88,
);
 
$ids = implode(',', array_keys($ids_values ));
$sql = "UPDATE mytable SET myfield = CASE id ";
foreach ($ids_values as $id=> $myvalue) {
 $sql .= sprintf("WHEN %d THEN %d ", $id, $myvalue);
}
$sql .= "END WHERE id IN ($ids)";
echo $sql.";<br/>";

UPDATE mytable SET myfield = CASE id WHEN 1 THEN 11 WHEN 2 THEN 22 WHEN 3 THEN 33 WHEN 4 THEN 44 WHEN 5 THEN 55 WHEN 6 THEN 66 WHEN 7 THEN 77 WHEN 8 THEN 88 END WHERE id IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8);

$data = array(array('id' => 1, 'myfield1val' => 11, 'myfield2val' => 111), array('id' => 2, 'myfield1val' => 22, 'myfield2val' => 222));
$where_in_ids = implode(',', array_map(function($v) {return ":id_" . $v['id'];}, $data));
$update_sql = 'UPDATE mytable SET';
$params = array();

$update_sql .= ' myfield1 = CASE id';
foreach($data as $key => $item) {
 $update_sql .= " WHEN :id_" . $key . " THEN :myfield1val_" . $key . " ";
 $params[":id_" . $key] = $item['id'];
 $params[":myfield1val_" . $key] = $item['myfield1val'];
}
$update_sql .= " END";

$update_sql .= ',myfield2 = CASE id';
foreach($data as $key => $item) {
 $update_sql .= " WHEN :id_" . $key . " THEN :myfield2val_" . $key . " ";
 $params[":id_" . $key] = $item['id'];
 $params[":myfield1va2_" . $key] = $item['myfield2val'];
}
$update_sql .= " END";

$update_sql .= " WHERE id IN (" . $where_in_ids . ")";
echo $update_sql.";<br/>";
var_dump($params);

UPDATE mytable SET myfield1 = CASE id WHEN :id_0 THEN :myfield1val_0 WHEN :id_1 THEN :myfield1val_1 END,myfield2 = CASE id WHEN :id_0 THEN :myfield2val_0 WHEN :id_1 THEN :myfield2val_1 END WHERE id IN (:id_1,:id_2);

array (size=6)
 ':id_0' => int 1
 ':myfield1val_0' => int 11
 ':id_1' => int 2
 ':myfield1val_1' => int 22
 ':myfield1va2_0' => int 111
 ':myfield1va2_1' => int 222

replace into mytable(id, myfield) values (1,'value1'),(2,'value2'),(3,'value3');

insert into mytable(id, myfield1, myfield2) values (1,'value11','value21'),(2,'value12','value22'),(3,'value13','value23') on duplicate key update myfield1=values(myfield2),values(myfield2)+values(id);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `tmptable`;
create temporary table tmptable(id int(4) primary key,myfield varchar(50));
insert into tmptable values (1,'value1'),(2,'value2'),(3,'value3');
update mytable, tmptable set mytable.myfield = tmptable.myfield where mytable.id = tmptable.id;