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Could someone please explain to me why the following doesn’t work:
mysql_query("DELETE FROM `categories` WHERE `id` = '{$id}'");
Whereas the following does work:
$query = "DELETE FROM `categories` WHERE `id` = '{$id}'";
mysql_query($query);
They both should work exactly the same.
Try this:
That always works for me. But putting it in a variable makes it easier to work with sometimes.