if (!is_array($query)) {
                // split string into an array of individual queries
                $array = explode(';', $query); 
                $query = '';
                $sub_query = '';
                foreach ($array as $value) {            	
                	$sub_query .= $value;             
                	if (substr_count(str_replace("\'",'',$sub_query),"'")%2) 
                        {
                		// Odd number single quotes means semicolon was part of a string in one sub-query
                		// Must add back the semicolon and loop to restore the remainder of sub-query
                		$sub_query .= ';';
                	} // if
                	else 
                        {
                		$sub_query = trim($sub_query);              		
                       	        if (!empty($sub_query)) {
                        	        $query[] = $sub_query.';';   // replace query terminator
                			$sub_query = '';
                     	        } // if
                     	        // $sub_query is empty again ready for the next $value
                	} // else
                } // foreach                
            } // if