Question

I cannot figure out where the syntax error is in this line of code.

$cuQ = mysql_query("SELECT aQID 
                      FROM approvedQuestions 
                     WHERE staus = '1'");

Answer 1

Non-existent column

You wrote staus, but was this meant to say status? If so, then you have written a token that is not a field name, and MySQL doesn’t know what to make of it.

BTW…

I recommend using backticks (`) to delimit field names.

This resolves ambiguities in your SQL statements; were one of them a reserved name (none are) then in fact you’d have to do this:

SELECT `aQID`
  FROM `approvedQuestions`
 WHERE `status` = '1';