Question

This is my query –

$q = "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp SELECT * from category c  WHERE category_id IN (SELECT category_id FROM category_to_store WHERE store_id = '".(int)$from_store_id."');
                ALTER TABLE tmp drop category_id; 
                INSERT INTO category SELECT 0,tmp.* FROM tmp;
                SET @last_id_in_category := LAST_INSERT_ID();
                select @last_id_in_category;
                DROP TABLE tmp;"

mysql_query($q);

I am getting this error on execution

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 ‘ALTER TABLE tmp drop category_id; INSERT INTO category SELECT 0’
at line 2 Error No: 1064

But when I run the query in database directly then I am not getting any error.
Please help me !

Answer 1

From the php docu on `mysql_query’

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mysql_query() sends a unique query (multiple queries are not supported) to the currently active database …

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So basically split your queries to multiple calls of `mysql_query’ each with a single query and you should be fine.