Question

Im having trouble trying to find out why my script wont delete a row in my table.

Each user has a randomkey assigned to them. I need to say delete row in table where random key equals that to the user…

<?php 

$userRand = $_GET['Rand'];

$delUser = mysql_query("DELETE from users WHERE randomkey = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($userRand));
        if(! $qResult )
            {
                die('Could not delete data: ' . mysql_error());
            }
        elseif($qResult )
            {
                echo "deleted"; 
            }

?>

the following outputs…

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 ''111111111' at line 1

Answer 1

You’re missing the closing ' in your PHP code.

$delUser = mysql_query("DELETE from users WHERE randomkey = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($userRand) . "'");