Question

If I echo it out, i get this:

INSERT INTO stockk (company, indications, ticker, mkt_cap, price, change) VALUES (‘Pfizer Inc.’, ‘protein replace therapies / blood diseases / etc’, ‘PFE’, ‘178.6B’, ‘23.85’, ‘-0.38%’)

here is the code:

$quer1 = "INSERT INTO stockk (company, indications, ticker, mkt_cap, price, change) VALUES ('".addslashes($value['fullname'])."', '".addslashes($value['indic'])."', '".addslashes($value['symbol'])."', '".addslashes($mkt)."', '".addslashes($round)."', '".addslashes($value['PercentChange'])."')";

It is throwing a mysql syntax 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 ”change’) VALUES (‘Pfizer Inc.’, ‘protein replace therapies / blood diseases / e’ at line 1

Answer 1

The problem is that change is a reserved word in MySQL – you are using it in your columns list. If you wrap it in SQL quotes, the syntax error goes away.

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