Question

I’ve got a simple SQL query that keeps throwing an SQL syntax error. It looks like this:

$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS TOTAL FROM PRODUCT WHERE ID_PRODUCT = ".$id;
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); 

Which throws :

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 ‘WHERE
ID_PRODUCT = 1’ at line 1

I don’t understand what’s going on. Of course if I try the query directly in phpMyAdmin it works with no problem.

It returns exactly the same error with a SELECT *

Edit: ID_PRODUCT is a foreign key…

Update: I also get the same error when replacing the $id variable by a static value in the $sql string WHERE ID_PRODUCT = 2 and when protecting the names by quotes.

Answer 1

Try completely retyping your $sql line by hand, you might accidentally have an invisible extended character in there (such as a non-breaking space instead of a regular space, etc).