Question

I have got this function:

   public static function insert_user($user)
{
    $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","") or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_select_db("speakom",$con) or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO user (user_ip,user_name,full_name,email_address,password,gender,birthday,banned,role,country) 
        VALUES('".$user->ip."','".$user->name."','".$user->full_name."','".$user->email."','".$user->password."',".$user->gender.",'".$user->birthday."',".$user->banned.",".$user->role.",'".$user->country."'") or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_close($con);
}

And I get this error:

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 ” at line 2

Where does the error point to ? how do I know where the error is?

Answer 1

You’re missing the closing ) from the VALUES ( clause. In general, it’s easier to assign your SQL to a variable (which you can output for debugging purposes like this) prior to passing it to mysql_query.