Question

My MYSQL query isn’t inserting properly via a form I had made. The query:

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Servers(ip, desc, type, title)
    VALUES($ip, $desc, $type, $title)"
) or die(mysql_error());

The MYSQL table is as follows:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Servers(
  id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  ip varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  desc text NOT NULL,
  type varchar(15) NOT NULL,
  title varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;

I already have two pre-made rows in the table. The form code:

<form action="" method="post">
  Title: <input type="text" name="title" /><br />
  IP: <input type="text" name="ip" /><br />
  Description:<br />
  <textarea name="desc"></textarea><br />
  Type: <input type="text" name="type" /><br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit server!" />
</form>

When I submit a server, I get the following 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 'desc, type,
title) VALUES(a, a, a, a)' at line 1

Answer 1

Try this

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `Servers` (`ip`, `desc`, `type`, `title`) VALUES('".$ip."', '".$desc."', '".$type."', '".$title."')") or die(mysql_error()); 

desc is a reserved keyword of MySql, so it cannot be used without backticks.