Question

I try this in PHPMyadmin:

Update wp_1_posts 
   SET post_content='<strong>Hello </strong> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com">stackoverflow</a> you think you're good at sql.\n then answer\n' 
 WHERE post_ti<tle = 'stupid example'

and it says bad syntax. Why ?

Answer 1

With MySQL, single-quotes inside a string have to be escaped, putting a \ before them :

'this is a string with a \' quote inside of it'

As a reference, you can take a look to this section of the MySQL manual :

• 8.1.1. Strings

In your case, your query should look like this :

Update wp_1_posts 
SET post_content='<strong>Hello </strong> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com">stackoverflow</a> you think you\'re good at sql.\n then answer\n' 
WHERE post_title = 'stupid example'

Note the \ I’ve added in think you\'re good.