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Asked: 2026-06-11T05:00:09+00:00

I am having problems with the following statement, I know its probably something small

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I am having problems with the following statement, I know its probably something small and silly but I cant seem to find the solution.

$field_sql = 'SHOW FIELDS FROM '.$table  '  WHERE FIELD '=''.$column';
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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re missing a dot and have quotes when you don’t need them:

    $field_sql = 'SHOW FIELDS FROM ' . $table . ' WHERE FIELD = ' . $column;
                                          ^               ^^^          ^
                                          Missing         Removed extra quotes

    However, for SQL string values, you probably want the quotes, so you can use different quotes than the ones you’re using to denote the string:

    $field_sql = 'SHOW FIELDS FROM `' . $table . '` WHERE FIELD = "' . $column . '"';

    I also added backticks for the table name.

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