Question

I’m building an application around a database(which was built by someone else, so changing it is not an option). I’m querying the database for values which was working fine until I came across a column in the database that has a $ in it.

The code I’m trying to get to work is…

$avgprice=mysql_result($result1,$i,"avg$cwt");

Answer 1

Try to escape $ sign or use ' instead of ":

$avgprice=mysql_result($result1,$i, "avg\$cwt");
// or imho better way to do it:
$avgprice=mysql_result($result1,$i, 'avg$cwt');

PHP strings:

When a string is specified in double quotes or with heredoc, variables are parsed within it.

and

Note: Unlike the double-quoted and heredoc syntaxes, variables and escape sequences for special characters will not be expanded when they occur in single quoted strings.