Question

been learning php for 3 weeks now and i find myself with a simple error that does not make sense:

I cant see what is wrong with this code.

Could someone please point me to why this is happening.

Its a simple insert and set sql query which is like this:

code:

$insertresults = "UPDATE usage SET message='".$message."',islive='".$islive."' WHERE id=1"; 
$insertresults_doit = mysql_query($insertresults) OR die(mysql_error());  

the error i am getting is this:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'usage SET message='hello',islive='0' WHERE id=1' at line 1

as you can see, the variables are correct and to what i can see the sql string is correct also.

Thanks

Answer 1

Your table name, usage, is actually a reserved word in MySQL. You’ll have to quote it with backticks:

UPDATE `usage` SET ...