Question

I have two columns of data. One column is called “like” which holds either the number 1 or 0. The other column is called “object” which can hold any word. I want to count the number of rows where the number 1 in the “like” column coincides with a certain word in the “object” column.

I have tried

$numrow1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE like = 1 AND object = '$object' "); 
$numlikes = mysql_num_rows($numrow1);

but I got a syntax error. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

LIKE is a sql string comparison operator, maybe even object. If you have a field with a reserved name, then you have to directly address it or escape it.

Reformat your SQL statement inside the mysql_query like this:

SELECT * 
FROM tablename AS T 
WHERE T.like = 1 
      AND T.object = '$object'