Question

I have the below table

ID  First Name  Last Name
1   Ruby            Rails 
2   Loop            Western

The columns have a space in them and so when I write a query like

$sql = "SELECT * FROM Persons where [Last Name] = 'Western' ";

it throws the error

Error, could not list tables MySQL 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 '[Last Name] = 'Western'' at line 1

How do I get this to work?

Answer 1

If this is valid, you would have to use backticks:

`Last Name` 

but if you ask me, don’t do this. It’s begging for trouble somewhere along the way. Just use an underscore or CamelCase: LastName