Question

I’m using this query (I changed it):

// SQL query
$squl = "INSERT INTO 'messages' ('id','name' ,'email' ,'subject' ,'content','userid') VALUES ( null,'".$name."',  '".$mail."',  '".$subject."',  '".$content."','');"; 

// mysql query
$query = mysql_query($squl) or die("message query problem: ".  mysql_error()); 

I get 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 ”messages’ (‘id’,’name’ ,’email’ ,’subject’ ,’content’,’userid’ )VALUES ( null,” at line 1

What is causing this?

Answer 1

.``) You used a period here instead of a comma so the function is only receiving 5 columns when it needs 6.

Update:

As the commenter below points out, you’ve replaced the backticks with quotation marks.

$squl="INSERT INTO `messages` (`id`,`name` ,`email` ,`subject` ,`content`,`userid` )VALUES ( null,'$name',  '$mail',  '$subject',  '$content','');";