Question

I am using following insert command to insert value in my db table called demo_organization

$sql = "INSERT INTO demo_organization (org_name, abn_acn_no, org_url,city,
                    state, country, pin, street, primary_mobile, 
                    secondary_mobile, primary_landline, 
                    secondary_landline, primary_email,  secondary_email)

            VALUES ($org_name, $abn_acn_no, $org_url, $city, $state, $country, 
                    $pin, $street, $primary_mobile, $secondary_mobile, 
                    $primary_landline, $secondary_landline, $primary_email, 
                    $secondary_email)";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());

in php
but i am getting error like

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 ‘://loc.com,Melburn,Melburn,Australia,56007,123 park
avenue,[phone],[phone]’ at line 2

i am completely new in php mysql please tell me what i am doing wrong

Answer 1

You are missing single quotes around the text values:

insert into demo (org_name, abn_acn_no) values ('$org_name', abn_acn_no);
// assumes that abn_acn_no is numeric.

You also cannot pass an empty variable into the query. If you don’t have it, you will need to insert it as , null, rather than as a variable with no value – which would result in , , which SQL won’t accept – even if the column accepts null values.