Question

I’m trying to update using mysql_query in php and it gives me this 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 'read='1' WHERE id='14'' at line 1

I’ve been looking at my query for about 10 minutes now and I cant find whats wrong with it. Here it is:

    if ($row['read'] == 0) {
        mysql_query("UPDATE mail SET read='1' WHERE id='$mailid'") or die(mysql_error());
    }  

Do anyone see where the error is?

Answer 1

read is a reserved word.

Enclose it into the backticks:

UPDATE mail SET `read`='1' WHERE id='$mailid'